Pavlensky was beaten by the escort

On Monday, May 16, in the Moscow City Court, police officers who escorted the arrested actor-activist Peter Pavlensky broke his rib and interrupted his knee.

This was written on Facebook by the human rights activist Maria Alekhina with reference to the ally of Pavlensky, the St. Petersburg shareholder Oksana Shalygin.

“The usual practice of transit and escorting prisoners in the Moscow City Court - mandatory beating with batons, torture by a electric shocker, and bullying overcontaining. Even if the prisoner passes through this court in transit. I learned about this by chance from Peter Pavlensky when he handed me a speech to the award of Vaclav Gavel. He was there just yesterday, ”said Shalygina.

According to her, Pavlensky’s “chopped knee, crack in the edge, internal hematomas from beatings”.

The fact of beating was confirmed by the “Mediazone” lawyer of Pavlensky Dmitry Dinze. He noted that his client does not want to get involved in the “bureaucratic procedures with the cops”, but the defense will send the administration of the pre -trial detention center a request to conduct a medical examination of the prisoner and, possibly, will apply to the Investigative Committee.

As Interfax explained in the press service of the Moscow City Court, police officers are responsible for the escort process. “The escort of the arrested and the defendants is not under the control of the court, the police are engaged in this,” said the head of the press service of Ulyana Solopova.

Today, May 17, in the Preobrazhensky District Court of Moscow, the process in the case of the Freedom action of 2014 with the burning of tires in the center of St. Petersburg is completing. The accusation asked to convict Pavlensky guilty of vandalism ( part 1 of article 214 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation ), to sentenced to two years the restrictions of freedom and to free the expiration of the statute of limitations.

On April 26, the defense of the artist rejected the judge’s proposal to terminate the case due to the expiration of the statute of limitations (which is not a rehabilitating circumstance and may cause the termination of the case only with the consent of the accused).

At the same time, Pavlensky takes place in the case of the “Threat” action: on November 9, 2015, he set fire to the door of the entrance No. 1 of the FSB building on Lubyanskaya Square in Moscow. The artist is accused under Part 1 of Art. 243 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (destruction or damage to historical and cultural monuments), on April 28, the Meshchansky District Court of Moscow extended him the term of detention until October 20.