A Russian court has prolonged the pretrial detention of Russian conceptual artist Pyotr Pavlensky until 7 January (instead of 8 December) after the rejecting his petition for bail, The Moscow Times reports. Pavlensky was arrested after setting on fire the doors of Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) in an act of political protest to draw attention to the indifference of Russian society to the widespread control of the FBS. He could face up to three years in prison on vandalism charges. Pavlensky is know for his political performances, including nailing his scrotum to Red Square or cutting off part of his ear while standing atop a psychiatric clinic.
4 December 2015.
