A 26-YEAR-OLD Russian has been charged with criminal damage after allegedly defacing a Mark Rothko painting at London's Tate Modern gallery.
Wlodzimierz Umaniec, also known as Vladimir Umanets, had been arrested by police in Sussex and transferred to London for questioning on Monday.
It came after a man was seen to daub on the Rothko mural on Sunday afternoon before fleeing the gallery.
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