“The Burning Door of the Lubyanka”
Event: Artist-actionist Pyotr Pavlensky set fire to the FSB building on Lubyanka Square in Moscow on the night of November 9, 2015, after which he was detained by the police – along with two journalists covering the action. The journalists were later released, they are in the status of witnesses; Pavlensky is charged with petty hooliganism. The artist considers his action “The Burning Door of the Lubyanka” a protest “against the continuous terror” of the special services and “the reflex […]