person:petr pavlensky

Russian artist detained for setting fire to security service HQ: police - Yahoo News India
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Russian authorities on Monday detained a performance artist best known for nailing his scrotum to Red Square after he torched the doors of the headquarters of the FSB, the successor to the KGB, Interfax news agency reported.
Pyotr Pavlensky set fire to the wooden doors of the sprawling FSB building in downtown Moscow, Interfax reported, citing a police source.
He posted a video of the performance showing flames leaping to the top of the doorway as he stands in front of it, before a policeman comes running up.
“The FSB acts using a method of unending terror and holds onto power over 146 million people,” Pavlensky said in a message released along with the video.