I have been “running” my art-marathon in memory of murdered opposition leader Boris Nemtsov 358 days, I launched it the 3 March, the day of his funeral. Every day I am creating at least one Nemtsov’s portrait. My goal is not only to keeping memory of the slain Putin critic, but also to attract attention to all victims of Putin’s regime.
As an artist, as a citizen and as a feminist I don’t like dictatorships and authoritarian regimes. They try to suppress all human rights and civil liberties, they suppress freedom of speech and expression, freedom of the press, right to equal protection of the law… Not long time ago, all comparisons between Putin’s regime and Stalinism were a kind of exaggeration and only a metaphor. But not anymore! For example the Russian civil rights activist Ildar Dadin was sentenced to three years imprisonment under new anti-protest law for repeated anti-government street protests — he stood alone with a placard in silence.
Art marathon in memory of Boris Nemtsov and other Lena Hades' works 