“In a sign of Russian paranoia about satirising public figures, customs officials turned away six works of art, two featuring the president. Natalia Milovzorova, a spokeswoman for the Marat Guelman gallery, which was sending the work by a Siberian art collective, Blue Noses, said the decision was ‘absurd’ but had been overcome by sending a digital copy. She added: ‘It’s as if we returned to dissident times.'”