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Russian anti-Putin satirists have car vandalised with giant wooden penis
Arseny Bobrovsky and Katya Romanovskaya have become prominent opposition targets after they were unveiled as the duo behind spoof Twitter account @ KermlinRussia
ADAM WITHNALL
Thursday 06 February 2014
The state of political discourse in Russia could hardly be considered healthy – but it has reached an alarming new low after the car of an anti-government dissident was vandalised with a giant wooden phallus.
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Satirists Arseny Bobrovsky and Katya Romanovskaya, who have achieved celebrity status in Russia after being revealed as the duo behind the hugely popular @KermlinRussia spoof Twitter account, woke up on Monday last week to find the 200lb penis chained to their BMW.
Posting on their joint Facebook account, the car’s owner, Bobrovsky, wrote: “Finally, the day has come when my work has been noticed and appreciated.”
In a country where transparent and outspoken anti-governmental figures struggle to stay so for long, the pair set up their satirical account anonymously in 2010 as a response to then-President Dmitry Medvedev’s announcement of the official feed @KremlinRussia.
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Russian anti-Putin satirists have car vandalised with giant wooden penis
Arseny Bobrovsky and Katya Romanovskaya have become prominent opposition targets after they were unveiled as the duo behind spoof Twitter account @ KermlinRussia
ADAM WITHNALL
Thursday 06 February 2014
The state of political discourse in Russia could hardly be considered healthy – but it has reached an alarming new low after the car of an anti-government dissident was vandalised with a giant wooden phallus.
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Satirists Arseny Bobrovsky and Katya Romanovskaya, who have achieved celebrity status in Russia after being revealed as the duo behind the hugely popular @KermlinRussia spoof Twitter account, woke up on Monday last week to find the 200lb penis chained to their BMW.
Posting on their joint Facebook account, the car’s owner, Bobrovsky, wrote: “Finally, the day has come when my work has been noticed and appreciated.”
In a country where transparent and outspoken anti-governmental figures struggle to stay so for long, the pair set up their satirical account anonymously in 2010 as a response to then-President Dmitry Medvedev’s announcement of the official feed @KremlinRussia.
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