PRAGUE (Reuters) - Czech police have detained Oleg Vorotnikov, a founding member of the Russian underground art collective Voina, wanted in Russia over a series of high-profile stunts that authorities branded insulting and violent, two media outlets reported.
Voina (War) started in 2007 with stunts poking fun at President Vladimir Putin. It drew greater attention in 2010 by painting a huge phallus on a drawbridge near offices of Russia's FSB security service in St Petersburg.
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