Russian artist and activist Piotr Pavlenski was arrested this Saturday afternoon at the exit of a hotel in the 16th arrondissement of Paris, we learned from a source close to the investigation. The 36-year-old man was accompanied by a young woman.
The author of the article resuming intimate videos attributed to Benjamin Griveaux and torpedoing the LREM candidate for mayor of Paris was wanted by the French police since December 31, after a violent brawl occurred on New Years Eve at the lawyer Juan Branco.
Piotr Pavlenski, 35, a refugee in France since 2017, made himself known for having burnt down the facade of a Parisian branch of the Banque de France that year. Which had earned him three years in prison, two of which were suspended.
In the fight against Russian power, the activist is a follower of shock actions: in 2002, he sewn his mouth in particular to defend freedom of expression and denounce the situation of the Pussy Riots, a feminist group whose members have were sentenced in Russia to two years in camp for "desecrating" the Cathedral of Christ the Savior in Moscow.
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