Gay Russian dolls protest aimed at Kremlin

[Jazzy]

British designers are protesting against Russian homophobia by creating a range of Russian dolls made out of caricatures of gay icons.

Creative agency Mother and The Kaleidoscope Trust are behind the project.

The agency has created seven limited edition, hand-painted sets of Russian nesting dolls featuring artist's renders of five gay British icons: Elton John, George Michael, Stephen Fry, Graham Norton and Tom Daley.

Mother communications director Liam Fay-Fright says: "The Russian LGBT community is facing increasingly harsh treatment at the hands of authorities.

"Attacks on gay people are rising, in a country where homosexuality has been classified as a mental illness since 1999. So, this Christmas, Mother is sending something To Russia With Love."

The dolls will be auctioned online at www.torussiawithlove.co.uk between the 13th and 22nd of December to raise money for The Kaleidoscope Trust and their work with the Russian gay community.

Over Christmas, Mother will deliver a set of dolls to the Russian Embassy in London and The Kremlin as an act of solidarity with the gay community in Russia.

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[Nebulous's iconNebulous]

Take THAT, russian society.