Russian Communist party launches 'Lenin selfie' project
by Tetyana Lokot for Global Voices, part of the New E from Technology | The Guardian on (#GPC9)
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".
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