A design student from Russia has decided to capitalize on the furor over punk band Pussy Riot in her homeland by creating a...tea set.
Muscovite Alina Tukhvatullina, 24, who has just completed an MA in design at London’s Kingston University, has designed what appears to be a traditional Russian tea set, but hidden among the Khokhloma floral patterns are the names of topics that are generating controversy in modern day Russia.