Nearly a year after protesters ousted former President Viktor Yanukovych from Ukraine, a Moscow art group showed history from the Kremlin’s point of view.
To mark the one-year anniversary of former President Viktor Yanukovych's ouster from Kiev, a Russian art group put on an exhibit yesterday that presents the Kremlin's take on the turmoil in Ukraine.
In this picture, Alexander "The Surgeon" Zaldostanov, leader of the pro-Putin Night Wolves biker gang, repels Molotov cocktails thrown by pro-Ukraine protesters. "There will be no Maidan," the text reads.
"Anti-Maidan," named after the Kiev square where protesters and police clashed violently, commemorates "the tragic events that occurred on the Maidan," according to a description posted on the Russian social network VKontake.
"Ukraine is Europe," the sign text reads in Ukrainian, above a pile of tires and bricks like those demonstrators used to cordon off the square and bottles representing Molotov cocktails.
"The artworks convey the atmosphere of present-day Ukraine, bringing all the fear and horror before the eyes of the visitors," the group — known in English as "Studio 13" — says of the exhibit.
"Approximately one year ago, Ukraine ceased to be an independent country and became subject to Western ideas," the description continues.
"November 2013," the text reads. "I got the hint," Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko says to Obama.
