Putin lingerie artist flees Russia after police raid

Russian police raided an exhibition and confiscated a painting that portrayed president Vladimir Putin and prime minister Dmitry Medvedev lounging together in women’s lingerie.

Police said they confiscated four paintings by artist Konstantin Altunin — who has now fled the country to France — and closed down the exhibition of his work in Russia’s second city of St Petersburg, which is set to host world leaders for the G20 summit next month.

One of the paintings confiscated shows Putin playing with Medvedev’s hair. He is wearing a strappy nightie, while Medvedev has cleavage bursting out of a bra and is wearing skimpy knickers.