The court in Paris left Pavlensky under arrest

The court in Paris left under the arrest of the artist-activist Peter Pavlensky, his ally of Oksana Shalygin reports . This time the meeting was open.

“Today we finally got open doors. It was a victory. And Peter was left under arrest. Since they are very afraid,” Shalygina wrote.

Against the open meeting, the prosecutor protested against the mediatization of the process objected, RFI reports . The artist’s lawyer Dominic Bayilere -Minkov noted that the openness of the hearings is the norm, and the court behind closed doors is an exception.

Pavlensky in court stated that it does not matter to him whether they would leave him in custody or release him. The court argued the decision to extend the arrest by the lack of guarantees that Pavlensky would be at the request of investigators for interrogations, as well as the possibility of a relapse by the accused.

The court session was scheduled for February 22, but it was postponed, since the artist was hospitalized due to the deterioration of his health as a result of a dry hunger strike. Pavlensky declared her, protesting against the fact that all the courts over him passed in closed mode. On the 13th day, after hospitalization, the artist took off the hunger strike. It is contained in a single chamber of Fleur-Merozh prison.

On the night of October 16, 2017, Pavlensky and Shalygina were detained after the éclairage ("Lighting") , during which the artist set fire to the entrance group of the Bank of France on the Bastille Square in Paris. Both were charged with damage to other people's property in a socially dangerous way.

After the detention of Pavlensky, he was sent for a psychiatric examination, he was recognized as sane. Then the court arrested the corporators . Pavlensky kept a dry hunger strike for 13 days, insisting on conducting open proceedings on choosing a preventive measure. He also removed it after hospitalization and the beginning of violent feeding.

On January 5, Shalygin was released from arrest .

On February 9, the first big interview with the artist from the French prison was published. Pavlensky in writing answered the questions of the Observer of Radio Liberty Dmitry Volchek. According to the artist, the éclaire campaign is associated with the suppression of the Paris Commune in 1871, when 35 thousand people were killed. Then the Bank of France financed Versailles. Pavlensky said that he wanted to "light the fire of the revolution around the world."

Pavlensky and Shalygina, along with two children, fled from Russia at the end of 2016. In their homeland, they were threatened by the initiation of a matter of violent acts of a sexual nature. The artist stated that the charges were fabricated by order of special services. In May 2017, both emigrants were provided with refugee status .