Banksy Bankrolls Jailed Russian Art Anarchists - ARTINFO.com

Members of the Moscow-based Voina art collective have faced arrest and persecution in Russia following a spectacular performance in September that involved coordinating a team of 31 activists to overturn police cars in St. Petersburg. Dubbed "Palace Revolution," the event was intended as a protest against the Ministry of Home Affairs. Now the Russian artists have found a prominent supporter in street-art superstar Banksy, who has donated $127,000 from an online sale of his "Choose Your Weapon" prints toward a campaign to free the Russian art activists.