# Russian region bars Communist Party from using Lenin in campaign materials because he’s dead

https://mins.news/en/item/27260

- Meduza, 2026-08-20 12:23 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://meduza.io/en/news/2026/08/20/russian-region-bars-communist-party-from-using-lenin-in-campaign-materials-because-he-s-dead

> Russia’s Communist Party reprinted 20,000 campaign newspapers in the Tyumen region after officials objected to a photo of a Lenin monument. The regional election commission said campaign materials have been barred since May 2026 from showing deceased people in any form, including monuments or paintings, apparently marking the ban’s first practical enforcement.