Volgograd street art artist Philip Kozlov, working under the pseudonym Philippenzo, said that he was diagnosed with a fracture of the shoulder joint after security forces twisted his arm during his arrest in Moscow. He announced this in his Instagram stories , SOTA noted .
“The arm that was twisted during my arrest continues to hurt and has been difficult to lift for three months now. Yesterday the MRI results came back: a fracture of the shoulder joint. Thank you for not interrupting!” - he wrote.
In October it became known that Kozlov was wanted. Before this, the artist left for Lithuania because of a criminal case brought against him for vandalism based on political hatred (Part 2 of Article 214 of the Criminal Code). On September 1, his apartment and studio in Moscow were searched because of his latest work, Izrossilovanie. Then he was summoned for interrogation, to which he did not attend.
At the end of July, the artist was detained at the airport when he was returning from Georgia, where he had recently been, and was arrested for 15 days under the article of disobedience to security forces (Part 1 of Article 19.3 of the Administrative Code) - he allegedly refused to show his passport. While serving his arrest, he was again sentenced to 15 days under the same article.
- In the summer of 2022, Philippenzo was fined 45 thousand rubles under the article on discrediting the Russian army (Part 1 of Article 20.3.3 of the Administrative Code). The reason was his post on VKontakte with a drawing of a soldier and information about the war in Ukraine. It is not clear from the case materials what kind of information is being discussed. At the same time, the artist was twice fined 40 thousand rubles because of the graffiti “Zinc is ours”: for drawing a picture on a wall and for publishing his photograph on a social network.
- After the start of the war in Ukraine, the Russian authorities began to react sharply to protest sentiments. The list of articles under which those who oppose the war are prosecuted is quite wide. Those involved in “anti-war cases” are often charged with hooliganism, vandalism, violence against government officials, and other violations. A significant element of pressure was also the articles introduced into the Criminal Code after the outbreak of hostilities - the spread of “fakes” about the Russian army and discrediting the armed forces.