The Soviet leader's bronze hands are often painted red. Other recent vandalism has symbolized the colors of the Ukrainian flag.

A Russian Orthodox priest has been sentenced to 14 days in custody over a 2014 photo in which he was shown with a Ukrainian flag, according to the cleric's own account and Russian media reports.

"And how will Zelensky be punished? Some people in Ukraine were sentenced for keeping Lenin's portraits!" Azarov wrote on his Telegram channel. On August 20, Zelensky’s website published a photo ...

Earlier on Wednesday, Ukrainian police opened criminal proceedings into an act of vandalism against a monument to Lenin in the Zaporizhia ... also poured some dye all over the sculpture, he ...