Russian Man Nails Testicles To Street To Protest The Police State

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Christ on a cracker!!!



http://benswann.com/russian-man-nails-testicles-to-the-street-to-protest-the-police-state/

Some people dislike the police state more than others.

Russian artist Pyotr Pavlensky really dislikes the police state.

On Sunday, Pavlensky stripped naked and nailed his testicles to a Red Square cobblestone to protest the Kremlin’s crackdown on political rights. His stunt took place on Russia’s annual holiday, “Police Day.”

The artist, who is from Saint Petersburg, said on Grani.ru that he was attempting to draw attention to Russia’s growing “police state.”

Well, he certainly drew attention.

As horrified citizens watched Pavlensky, police officers covered the artist with a blanket. He was subsequently taken to a hospital in Moscow and then to a police station.

Pavlensky has a history of controversial protesting.

In 2011, he sewed his lips together in Moscow’s main cathedral to protest the jailing of Pussy Riot band members. And just last May, he stripped naked and covered his body in barbed wire in front of Saint Petersburg government buildings.

Pavlensky’s protest may be distasteful to many, but he is certainly drawing attention. And by doing so, perhaps individuals around the world will engage in productive discussions about government control.

Russian Man Nails Testicles To Red Square Cobblestones, Russian Man Nails Testicles In Protest

[APX808]

That kind of things just happen in Russia... But for sure that guy got his message across.

[JohnyMac]

Vladimir Putin has taken Russia back to pre 1980 when it comes to a police state.

[Alex1992]

Ouch Ouch Ouch Ouch Ouch 

[Well-Prepared Witch]

Holy crow that sounds painful!!  Russia is certainly going in a less-free direction and it's a shame.  Of course, we're not far behind! 

[Kentactic]

What a panzy. Nutt up and pour gasoline on yourself and light it on fire like they do in the middle east. There's drunk guys on Tosh.o shooting themselves in the nutts with a 9mm just because the guy on the internet dared him to. Step your game up Pyotr.

[crudos]

That takes alot of balls. 

The old police state never left Russia, just like during the time of the Soviet Union, and the Czarist regimes before that. It's ingrained into the psyche that it's the way it's suppose to be.