Russian man nails testicles to street in Red Square

[Sunni Man]

A Russian man was arrested and hospitalised after stripping naked and then nailing his testicles to a cobblestone in Red Square. The performance artist, Pyotr Pavlensky, carried out the act in protest at what he described in a statement as Russia’s descent into a "police state".

Writing on the grani.ru website, Pavlensky said: "A naked artist, looking at his balls nailed to the Kremlin pavement, is a metaphor for the apathy, political indifference, and fatalism of contemporary Russian society."

The act of self-mutilation took place close to Lenin’s mausoleum in the centre of Moscow’s iconic square. According to AFP, 29-year-old Pavlensky has carried out similar acts in the past, including sewing his lips together in demonstration against the jailing of two members of ***** Riot, and wrapping his body in barb wire outside a government building.

Pyotr Pavlensky Nails Testicles To Cobblestone In Red Square (VIDEO)

 

[blastoff]

"...in protest at what he described in a statement as Russia’s descent into a "police state".

Maybe Barry should take a lesson. Course he'll only need thumbtacks, not nails.

 

[R.C. Christian]

Oh the irony.