‘Russia is not Putin’: 76-year-old Russian uses her art to speak out

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'Russia is not Putin': 76-year-old Russian uses her art to speak out

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76-year-old Russian artist Elena Osipova says the police confiscated her art featuring messages against President Vladimir Putin's military operation in Ukraine. CNN's Fred Pleitgen reports.

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