St Petersburg’s Cossack community has promised to mark Russia’s anniversary of the allied victory over the Nazis by unveiling a bronze bust of Russian president Vladimir Putin depicted as a Roman emperor.
Andrey Polyakov, the leader of the St Petersburg Cossack group Irbis – a popular organisation which stresses the importance of traditional Slavic values and military valor – told local press the planned sculpture will be cast from bronze and installed near the underground station of Parnas in north St Petersburg.
According to Polyakov the idea to honour Putin with a monument arose a year ago when pro-Russian forces, backed by …read more
Source: Newsweek
