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A combo picture taken in Sofia, on February 23, 2014 (top) on August 21, 2013 (second from top), on June 17, 2011 (center) and March 15, 2012 shows the figures of Soviet soldiers at the base of the Soviet Army monument, painted by an unknown artist and the same monument after it was cleaned. The main Soviet army monument in Bulgaria's capital Sofia received a pro-Ukraine makeover Sunday morning as massive pro-European protests in the former Soviet country turned deadly in the past week. The figures have been painted to resemble U.S. comic book heroes and characters from popular culture like Santa Claus and Ronald McDonald, the mascot of fast-food chain giant McDonald's. An unknown artist painted overnight Wednesday in cheeky pink facelift to decry the Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia on August 20-21, 1968. The massive bronze relief sculpture depicting nine Soviet army soldiers was flamboyantly painted pink overnight and adorned with captions "Prague '68" and "Bulgaria apologises." As part of the so-called Warsaw Pact, Bulgarian troops took part in the 1968 Soviet invasion of the former Czechoslovakia that crushed the Prague Spring reformist uprising in the country. AFP PHOTO / DIMITAR DILKOFF / NIKOLAY DOYCHINOV (Photo by DIMITAR DILKOFF and NIKOLAY DOYCHINOV / AFP) (Photo by DIMITAR DILKOFF,NIKOLAY DOYCHINOV/AFP via Getty Images)
A combo picture taken in Sofia, on February 23, 2014 (top) on August 21, 2013 (second from top), on June 17, 2011 (center) and March 15, 2012 shows the figures of Soviet soldiers at the base of the Soviet Army monument, painted by an unknown artist and the same monument after it was cleaned. The main Soviet army monument in Bulgaria's capital Sofia received a pro-Ukraine makeover Sunday morning as massive pro-European protests in the former Soviet country turned deadly in the past week. The figures have been painted to resemble U.S. comic book heroes and characters from popular culture like Santa Claus and Ronald McDonald, the mascot of fast-food chain giant McDonald's. An unknown artist painted overnight Wednesday in cheeky pink facelift to decry the Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia on August 20-21, 1968. The massive bronze relief sculpture depicting nine Soviet army soldiers was flamboyantly painted pink overnight and adorned with captions "Prague '68" and "Bulgaria apologises." As part of the so-called Warsaw Pact, Bulgarian troops took part in the 1968 Soviet invasion of the former Czechoslovakia that crushed the Prague Spring reformist uprising in the country. AFP PHOTO / DIMITAR DILKOFF / NIKOLAY DOYCHINOV (Photo by DIMITAR DILKOFF and NIKOLAY DOYCHINOV / AFP) (Photo by DIMITAR DILKOFF,NIKOLAY DOYCHINOV/AFP via Getty Images)
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23 februari 2014
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