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Burning Down The Lubyanka


The Russian performance artist Petr Pavlensky, who set fire to the entrance of the infamous FSB building in Lubyanka Square in Moscow, was found guilty and convicted to a half million ruble fine ($7,600) by a Moscow court this past week. Pavlensky had spent seven months under arrest after he burned the door of the building which has long been the symbol of Stalin’s repressions and Soviet totalitarian violence.The artist described his performance, titled “Threat”:
The Lubyanka’s burning door is the glove that society throws in the face of the threat of terror. The FSB has been constantly utilizing terror to …read more

Source: The American Interest

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