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In Paris, Peter Pavlensky tried to enrich the "fire of the world revolution." But somehow it’s rotten

The well -known Russian organizer of performances, Peter Pavlensky at four in the morning on Monday, October 16, set fire to the door and windows of one of the large branches of the Bank of France in Paris and gave himself to three invited journalists. The bank branch is located on the Bastille Square, on the calendar-the 100th anniversary of the October Revolution, these two circumstances became the basis for the action. Evaluate the scale of the idea, in general ...

The logic of Pavlensky: Bankers are new monarchs, Bastille Square - a symbol of the French Revolution, which inspired the organizers of the October Revolution, but since “a hundred years later, tyranny again reigns everywhere,” then the “revival of the revolutionary France” will begin with arson of the Bastille Square, which will lead to “to the world fire of revolutions”. "In this fire, Russia will begin its liberation."

The manifesto of Pavlensky was published after the rally by the activist Femen Inna Shevchenko living in Paris. Pavlensky himself and his ally and companion Oksana Shalygin at that moment were in custody.

On Tuesday, the detainees were taken to the building of the Paris Palace of Justice, so that the judge determines whether it is possible to let them free so far.

Theoretically, for a similar arson, you can get up to 10 years in prison (which means that the cancellation of the status of a political refugee), but in practice it is difficult to imagine. The French court is loyal to "political actions." Most likely, the most that Pavlensky will receive - a conditional term and a fine. Plus, you will have to compensate for the damage that the Bank of France suffered.

In any case, the activist-activist achieved certain results: firstly, the Russian and French media wrote about him again (reminding readers that this is the same “Russian artist” who set fire to the FSB door and nailed the scrotum to the paving stones of Red Square). Secondly, he confirmed-in a narrow circle of radical French leftists-the Renoma of the political fighter. By the way, the leftists themselves often set fire to and beat the branches of banks - so that Pavlensky cannot even claim originality.

But they will still say about him: a court ahead, then, perhaps, the transfer of the court session, then the appeal.

Once I struck a match - then for a long time you warm your hands on the coals of information spam. And every time the mantra in notes will be repeated the phrase “Russian artist Pavlensky”. Someone will believe, of course. Someone will see high political significance in the bank arson with a fabise. But the door of the Bank of France will still not become the FSB door.

PS

To the attention of people planning to come to France. If you wish, at any time of the year you can witness the next trial over the next organizer of the performance by checking the schedule on the site of the judicial Gazette du Palais.

On Wednesday, October 18, at 13.30, in the 24th hall of the Paris Palace of Justice, a meeting will be held in the case of the Swiss-Lukebburg shareholder of Deborah de Robertis, who undressed in the Louvre before the Jaconda.

On Thursday, October 19, in the town of Enen-Bomon (which is called the “Bastion of the National Fleet”), the court must make a decision in the case of Femen activists: this spring they went half-naked to the site where Marine Le Pen voted.