Career
He left Russia following a controversy after a painting of Vladimir Putin and Dmitry Medvedev in women's underwear had been seized by Saint St. Petersburg authorities. He has been exhibiting paintings since 2000. On another painting Altunin depicted the politician Vitaly Milonov against a rainbow background.
The rainbow is the symbol of the LGBT community.
He also produced a painting with Putin wearing women's underwear and painted a sculpted head of Lenin with dripping rainbow colors.
