(14 Sep 2018) RUSSIAN PERFORMANCE ARTIST RELEASED FROM FRENCH PRISON
A Russian performance artist was released from a French prison overnight Thursday into Friday (13 - 14 SEPT. 2018).
Pyotr Pavlensky, who has been released under court supervision, was arrested in October 2017 after setting fire to the facade of a Paris branch of France's central bank.
The building suffered minor damage.
The artist known for his politically-charged performances, received political asylum in France after he was accused of rape in Russia.
He denies the accusations.
He was jailed for six months in 2015 to 2016 after setting fire to the doors of the headquarters of the Russian federal security agency in Moscow.
His most shocking action was in 2013, when he nailed his scrotum to the cobblestones of Moscow's Red Square in what he said was a metaphor for Russian political apathy.
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