
A criminal case was opened against the artist-activist Peter Pavlensky under part 2 of Article 214 of the Criminal Code (vandalism committed based on hatred or enmity), which provides for up to three years of the colony. This was reported by Interfax with reference to the press service of the Ministry of Internal Affairs in Moscow.
The Pavlensky case is in the production of the Internal Affairs Directorate in the Central District of the capital. It is conducted by his interrogator Major of the police K. Sokolov. The plot of the case in the decision on his excitement is described as follows: Pavlensky, "acting based on ideological hatred, having intent to commit vandalism, doused the front door of the entrance No. 1 of the FSB of Russia building with gasoline and set fire to it, resulting in a fire that entailed damage to property."
As the Mediazon reports with reference to the lawyer Pavlensky Olga Chavdar, during the interrogation the artist refused to testify, referring to Article 51 of the Constitution.
Pavlensky was detained in accordance with Article 91 of the Code of Criminal Procedure to the court as it is suppressed. It is placed in the IVS on Petrovka 38. The interrogator Sokolov will petition for the arrest of the artist. The court will be held as it is suppressed on Tuesday. Its exact time is not yet known; According to human rights activist Pavel Chikov, the hearing will take place after lunch.
On Monday night, Pavlensky held a rally , which he called the "threat." He doused with gasoline and set fire to the doors of the entrance No. 1 of the main building of the FSB on Lubyanka.
Less than a minute later, the protection of the building detained Pavlensky and those who removed the rain correspondent by Vladimir Romensky and Freenser journalist Nigin Beroeva. First they were taken to the FSB reception, and then delivered to OP "Meshchansky". After 5 hours, journalists were released. According to Beroya, they took explanatory ones. They wrote that they did not know about the content of the action and the place of its holding.
On Pavlensky himself, a protocol was drawn up under Article 20.1 of the Code of Administrative Offenses (petty hooliganism). At the same time, the police claimed that the journalists were "invited" as witnesses.
The CHAVDADA lawyer, who arrived in the "bourgeois" in the morning, the artist said that the FSB officers who appeared to him after the action demanded to answer if he wanted anyone to death.
The door in the FSB building, on which there were traces of soot, the workers closed with metal sheets during the day, user Ivan Erofeev said on Instagram. In the comments, the structure was immediately dubbed the "iron curtain".
In the morning, on behalf of Pavlensky, a video recording was published. “The burning door of the Lubyanka is a glove that the society throws into the face of a terrorist threat,” the artist said in a statement. “The Federal Security Service acts by the method of continuous terror and holds power over 146,000,000 people. Fear turns free people into a sticky mass of disparate bodies. The threat of inevitable reprisal hangs over everyone who is within reach External surveillance of conversations and borders of passport control.
In the evening, the video was removed from the Vimeo hosting. However, by that time, its copies on other resources had already appeared.
The action of Peter Pavlensky "Threat":
Pavlensky is known as a bright figure of political art. For his shares, he was repeatedly brought to administrative responsibility. For the action "Freedom" held on February 23, 2014 in St. Petersburg ( 
Currently, the trial of Pavlensky is ongoing .