Hanna Thoburn For Putin, for Stalin
A woman holds pa ortrait of Soviet leader Joseph Stalin during a rally to mark the 98th anniversary of Russia's Bolshevik Revolution in Crimean city of Simferopol on November 7, 2015. AFP PHOTO / MAX VETROV
Do you want to look like Joseph Stalin? There’s an app for that. The recently launched MSQRD lets users change their selfies to resemble, among other things, a bunny, a zombie, or a mass-murdering megalomaniacal dictator. Judging by the app’s popularity in Russia, it’s succeeded at capitalizing on the national mood. Stalin is back.
