Russian artist Oleg Vorotnikov is known for his outspoken criticism of the Russian government as founder of dissident artist collective Voina, which helped spawn Pussy Riot. In a surprising turn of ...

Human rights workers say a Russian LGBT activist and an associate have returned to Russia after they were detained by Russia-backed separatists in eastern Ukraine. Two representatives of the New ...

Leonid Nikolayev, a prominent member of the Russian dissident art collective Voina, died following an accident while cutting timber outside Moscow on September 22. His death was announced by Voina ...

MOSCOW -- Among the more than 100 people arrested during opposition protests in St. Petersburg last week, a few were singled out for especially harsh treatment. Oleg Vorotnikov, his wife, Natalya ...

"Voina is a left artist collective with some prominence in Russia (((and even on this blog))): "MOSCOW — Yesterday, members of the Russian artist collective VOINA were arrested without charges by ...

As the fourth Moscow Biennale of Contemporary Art gets set to open on Friday, members of the left-wing art collective Last year, Voina painted a 213-foot-tall penis on a bridge near the offices of ...