Members of the feminist punk rock group Pussy Riot performing an unsanctioned concert on Red Square
Art and politics. Creativity and dissent. The avant-garde vs. the ruling elite.
From feminist punk rockers Pussy Riot to the anarchist art collective Voina, Russia's avant-garde community has become increasingly bold in challenging the authorities in a variety of creative ways.
In the latest edition of "The Power Vertical Podcast," Kirill Kobrin, managing editor of RFE/RL's Russian Service, joins me to discuss the changing relationship between contemporary artists and the Kremlin.
Also on the podcast, a discussion of how local politics has become the new front in the battle between the authorities and the opposition.
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The Power Vertical: Russian Artists Fight The Power
