Breaking news: in an act of extraordinary cultural vandalism, a section of the Berlin Wall that had been preserved with its post-fall graffiti, including the iconic painting by Dmitri Vrubel depicting a kiss between communist leaders Leonid Brezhnev and Eric Honecker, has been "restored", meaning the complete destruction of the murals (berlinka, in Russian, with good pictures; via Open Space). Another report here (Bild, in German), which says that Vrubel, currently in Berlin, is in a state of shock. So far there is no comment on Vrubel's blog. UPDATE: more here (Spiegel). Below: before and now.