Russian Communist party launches 'Lenin selfie' project

In bid to popularise former leader's image, group calls on Instagram users to take photographs of themselves with his statues. Global Voices reports

Capitalising on Russia's love-hate relationship with the selfie, a communist youth organisation has launched a competition encouraging young people to share photographs of themselves with statues of the former leader.

Using the hashtag #LeninLives, the group says the project is a "cheap and effective way to popularise the image of the leader of the world's proletariat among the youth".