Monolog street artist returns to challenge the Russian authorities

Barcelona. (Writing and Agencies) .- Monolog has returned to challenge the Russian authorities. This time, the street artist has plagued the capital Moscow billboards appearing in the Russian President Dmitri Medvedev in the skin of Captain America, the famous Marvel comic book hero whose movie opens in Russia on Friday.

Medvedev replaces the poster to Chris Evans, the true protagonist of the film and the advertising copy of the tape has been replaced by «Captain Russia: the first Lord.» Although the Russian president’s position is far from that of his predecessor, Vladimir Putin, as far as bilateral relations with the United States is concerned, the comparison with El Salvador President of America is a challenge.

The authorities have been responsible for removing the posters and note that «it is a prank. Have already been dismantled,» as explained by Vladimir Yakovlev, a spokesman for the Department of Communication and Advertising Moscow, the RIA-Novosti agency.

Is not the first time that a joke in this rebellious artist crosses are the authorities in Moscow. A few months another series of posters depicting Medvedev and Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, dressed in tennis players.

Monolog, which advertises through its namesake portal Monolog.tv, says his work is a way to entertain people «want to be the light that guides your way: we will rejoice and be entertained, I will encourage the nerves of the authorities break stereotypes …», – claimed in an interview with an anonymous that all he said about you is that it’s in part «a character in the media,» which «can be seen in magazines and on television.» Other presidents who have had their jokes in the form of posters have been Muammar Gaddafi, Nikita Mikhalkov himself or U.S. President Barak Obama.

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