Activist "War" Leonid Nikolaev died

Activist of the art group "War" Leonid Nikolaev (Lenya Fucked) died in the city of Domodedovo, Moscow Region as a result of an accident. This was announced on the group of the group, its leader Oleg Vorotnikov (thief).

Earlier it was reported that no later than January 2013, Nikolaev, along with Vorotnikov and activist Natalya Sokol (Kozlenok), fled to Italy . As follows from the message about the death of the activist, he later returned to his homeland, where "he lived underground under other people's names" and "was engaged in heavy proletarian labor."

On September 22, Nikolaev was engaged in sawing trees, fell and crashed. He fell into a coma and soon died in intensive care.

Nikolaev was born on December 27, 1983 in Moscow. Received a bachelor's degree at the Moscow Institute of Thin Chemical Technologies. In the second half of the 2000s, he joined the liberal opposition, was an activist of the "We" movement, entered the political committee of the Moscow branch of "Solidarity", and was repeatedly delayed by the police.

In the actions of the "War" Nikolaev participated since December 2009. In May 2010, against the backdrop of public dissatisfaction with bureaucratic privileges on the roads, he held a series of single promotions on behalf of the group with a blue bucket on his head imitating a flashing light. The most loud of them was the action "Lenya fucking - our president!" ("Lenya fucking roofs the federals"), held on May 22, 2010. Then Nikolaev ran with two blue buckets on his head on the hood of the FSO car at the Borovitsky Gate of the Kremlin. It was not possible to detain him on the spot. Later, the police detained the activist at his house and delivered to court, but the judge returned the case file for revision in the police department.

Soon after, Nikolaev, along with Vorotnikov and the falcon settled in St. Petersburg. Already on June 14, 2010, with the help of local activists, they held the most high -profile action of “War” - “Dick in captivity at the FSB,” - drawing a giant phallus on a foundry bridge, opposite the city headquarters of a special service, also known as a large house. Nikolaev was detained and fined on charges of petty hooliganism.

On July 20, 2010, Nikolaev, together with the St. Petersburg artist Elena Kostyleva, held another action "War" - "Pushto Pizu Kuru?" .

On September 16, 2010, the “war” held a “Palace Revolution” campaign in St. Petersburg, during which several police cars were turned over.

On November 15, 2010, Nikolaev and Vorotnikov were detained in Moscow by TSPE operatives. Activists were taken to St. Petersburg and on November 17 was arrested on charges of hooliganism , which is based on hatred or enmity (paragraph "b" of part 1 of the Criminal Code, up to five years of colony). Both of the arrested testified refused to testify, referring to Article 51 of the Constitution.

February 25, 2011 Nikolaev was released on bail ; On the same days, Vorotnikov was also released. In October 2011, the pursuit of activists in the case was discontinued, and on December of the same year the case itself was closed. However, in February 2012, the dashing was resumed.

While Nikolaev and Vorotnikov were in the pre-trial detention center, the FSB dick in captivity was included in the short list of the State Art Prime Innovation. On April 8, 2011, the War was declared a prize laureate . The group received 400 thousand rubles began to spend on targeted assistance to the Politsyk.

Late in the evening of December 31, 2011 Nikolaev, along with colleagues in the “war”, was burned by a police car , parked in the courtyard of the St. Petersburg OP-71. In the "War" blog, the action was called "not artistic, but super -artistic." It was noted that it is dedicated to political prisoners.

On the fact of arson, a new case was opened under part 1 of Article 213 of the Criminal Code, but Nikolaev was not charged to Nikolaev. The whole of 2012 "war" held underground; Finally, in March 2013, it became known about the flight of the group to Italy.

Later, Nikolaev returned to Russia, lived and worked under a stranger.