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As I stroll round Borovsk, two issues strike me about this metropolis 60 miles (100 km) from Moscow.
Initially, there may be nearly no signal of a presidential election being held this weekend.
I’ve seen few election banners or hoardings and no political pamphlets are being distributed.
Not stunning actually. The absence of election preparations displays the absence of drama round a stage-driven program that may give Vladimir Putin a fifth time period within the Kremlin.
One other factor you’ll be able to't assist however discover in Borovsk is road artwork. it's in every single place.
A lot of it was created by road artist Vladimir Ovchinnikov. His work seems on partitions and buildings all through the town.
Most of his work are undisputed. Like an enormous globe telling the historical past of the town. Or a picture of a well-known footballer.
Nevertheless, when Vladimir paints an image of at the moment's Russia, it turns into very bleak.
“I name it the top of ambition,” the 86-year-old artist tells me. The portray he exhibits me at dwelling exhibits a person in martial arts uniform strolling a rope over a mountain of human skulls .
He additional stated, “The ambition of somebody in a excessive place in energy can result in this.”
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