Hold Putin's hand and press the button

On May 7, 2004, on the day of the President's inauguration, in St. Petersburg, visitors to the exhibition "Thought of the Motherland" at the Anna Akhmatova Museum in the Fountain House could shake hands with Vladimir Putin and hear "I love you."

The papier-mâché sculpture was made by Evgeny Kuznetsov almost to a human height. Her head is painted with gold paint, but her hands are left white. An instruction hangs on the wall nearby: you need to take Putin's hand, carefully press the button next to it - and then the recording will immediately sound.

According to the curator of the exhibition, Maria Korostyleva, "visitors react very positively to the sculpture of the new president . "

Kirillov Roman "You need to take Putin's hand and press the button" // Izvestia. 2004. May 13.