There were short -lived fees

The collection of funds for the payment of lawyers of the Primorsky partisans is successfully completed. This was reported by the organizer of the action by the artist Petr Pavlensky.

"It was collected 1,088,848 rubles. That is, 212,848 rubles beyond the target! Mutual support and self -organization were stronger than the incentive power of the bureaucrats and their bonuses. We thank you all for participating and support! Thank you!" - wrote Pavlensky.

In total, 155 people took part in the fundraising, according to the action website. At the same time, a scan of a payment order for 876 thousand rubles is published - the equivalent of the monetary part of the Vaclav Gavel Prize. Who sacrificed this amount is unknown. The translation was made on behalf of the artist Oksana Shalygina.

On May 25, the Human Rights Foundation International Human Rights Autonomous Office awarded the Vaclav Gavel Pavlensky Prize. The artist became a laureate in the nomination "For a creative protest".

However, on July 8, it became known that Human Rights Foundation canceled the award of the Pavlensky Prize . The reason was the artist’s statements about the support of coastal partisans. The support of the "violent group, which was involved in an open war", as stated in the final conclusion of the HRF, "contradicts the non -violent and creative heritage of Havel."

In the deprivation of the Pavlensky Prize, the position of Harry Kasparov played an important role. According to him, it was he who was the initiator of the award to the artist. However, after the statements of Pavlensky in support of the actions of the Primorsky partisans, Kasparov changed his mind. “It was not about whether to give money for lawyers“ coastal partisans ”or not, but that the laureate openly expressed support for violent actions. And thereby rejected the ethical principles of the Gavel Prize,” Kasparov wrote . “The commission could not even allow an indirect connection with violent actions that would directly contradict the concept of the premium.”

As a result, Shalygina was not allowed to speak at the ceremony at Oslo Freedom Forum, as she intended to read out the artist’s statement in support of the coastal partisans. The performance of Pavlensky made Kasparov.

On July 12, Pavlensky announced a fundraiser to help the Primorsky partisans. “You can treat the work of coastal partisans in different ways, but you can’t leave people in trouble!” The artist wrote. “This is very little money if a lot of people respond. And this is very little if you recall that the partisans showed us all that society can still fight the police terror. That society should continue the struggle in order to live!” In support of the Primorsky partisans. The performance of Pavlensky made Kasparov.

On July 20, at the repeated process in the case of Primorsky partisans, the jury recognized the defendants innocent in the attack and murder of four drug dealers in the Kirovsky district of Primorye. The jury considered the crime event unproven.

Alexander Nikitin and Vladimir Kovtun were released in the courtroom. Three more defendants in this case remained in custody, since they have to serve his sentence on other episodes for which they were previously convicted, lawyers explained.