
The artist Pyotr Pavlensky, detained after the arson of the Bank of France, was placed in a psychiatric hospital in the police, reports Le Parisien. As the source of the publication clarifies, the decision was made "based on the study of behavior" by the detainee. His comrade -in -arms Oksana Shalygin, detained along with Pavlensky, remains in custody on charges of arson ("intentionally causing harm to property using an igniting fluid").
Pavlensky was sent to the special department of the Psychiatric Hospital of St. Anne, which is included in the system of the Ministry of Internal Affairs ( 
In Russia, the artist underwent a psychiatric examination in the Moscow Center named after Serbian as part of the work of the door of the FSB building. Doctors recognized Pavlensky completely sane.
On Monday night, Pavlensky doused with gasoline and set fire to two windows at the entrance to the building of the Bank of France on Bastille Square. The artist called the new campaign Eclairege (lighting, backlight, point of view - fr.). “To set fire to the Bank of France means to shed light on the truth that the authorities forced us to forget,” said Pavlensky’s statement. “The Bastille was destroyed by the rebellious people; the people destroyed it as a symbol of despotism and power. A new center of slavery was built - a bank that betrayed the revolutionaries and sponsored the criminal Versailles. The Bank of France took the place of the monarchs. Great. The French Revolution turned into a symbol of freedom for the whole world, thanks to this symbol, Russia rushed to Freedom.
The Bank of France filed a lawsuit for damages.
On the night of November 9, 2015, Pavlensky doused the front door of the entrance No. 1 of the Russian FSB building with gasoline and set it on fire. “The Lubyanka’s burning door is a glove that society throws into the face of a terrorist threat ... But terrorism can only exist due to the animal instinct of fear. To go against this human instinct forces an unconditional protective reflex,” the manifestation of the “threat” campaign said.
The artist, standing in front of the burning door, was almost immediately detained. The next day he was arrested .
On June 8, the Meshchansky District Court of Moscow found Pavlensky guilty of "damage to the cultural heritage object" and sentenced to a fine of 500 thousand rubles ( 
In January, Pavlensky said that he emigrated from Russia along with his comrade -in -arms Shalygin and two daughters after trying to "political liquidation through the operation of power structures." Under the “provocation of special services”, the artist meant his accusation and Shalygin in sexual violence by actress Anastasia elephant.
On May 4, it became known that Pavlensky received political asylum in France .