The state prosecution asks for two years of restriction of freedom for St. Petersburg actionist Peter Pavlensky in protest “Freedom”, told the correspondent of “Rosbalt” the lawyer of the artist Dmitry dinze.
“The Prosecutor asked two years of restriction of freedom for Turkey and to release from punishment in connection with expiry of the Statute of limitations,” said the lawyer.
The defense will speak in court debates Tuesday, may 17.
We will add, petty-bourgeois court of Moscow has planned on the 18th of may and the beginning of the hearing on the merits of the criminal case against the artist-actionist Peter Pavlensky, a defendant of the arson of the doors of the building of the FSB of Russia. This was reported by lawyer Olga Dinze.
“Hearing on the merits scheduled for may 18 at 14:00,” said the lawyer, saying that her client was again asked to classify his case on the article “Terrorism”.
Earlier, the court extended the arrest of Peter Pavlensky until 20 October 2016. The artist is contained in the detention center “Butyrka”.
On the night of 9 November 2015 in Moscow, the artist-actionist Peter Pavlensky doused the front door of one of entrances of the building of the FSB at the Lubyanka with gasoline and set it on fire.
Originally Pavlensky became a suspect in the case of vandalism (part 2 of article 214 of the criminal code). Subsequently, the case was requalified to article 243 of the criminal code of Russian Federation “Destruction or damage of cultural heritage objects”.
