Stratford57
Diamond Member
Too bad Western countries love to declare all kinds of Russian criminals “victims of Putin’s regime” and to shelter them. But morons and criminals remain morons and criminals regardless of the country they currently reside. For some reason when they start violating the laws in Western countries, they immediately stop being “political refugees” and are thrown to prison. Here is another recent example of such double standards.
BBC:
A controversial Russian artist who was granted political asylum in France has been arrested after setting fire to a bank in central Paris, police say.
Petr Pavlensky was held as firefighters tackled two blazes on the facade of Banque de France, in Place de la Bastille.
Pavlensky, 33, first gained notoriety by nailing his scrotum to Moscow's Red Square in 2013.
He fled Russia in January over sexual assault allegations, which he denies. Last year he was found guilty of criminal damage for dousing the doors of the headquarters of Russia's powerful security service, the FSB, in petrol and setting them on fire.
Russian artist held over Paris bank fire
RT:
Pavlensky received political asylum in France earlier this year after he fled Russia with his partner and their children following sexual assault allegations. In an interview with Russian TV channel Rain, Pavlensky said that his family lives “like true French: we do not work and we do not pay.” He said that he “seized” the house in Paris he lives in and resorts to “taking food” from the shops. “The security here is not very attentive,” the artist said.
Artist Pyotr Pavlensky, a supporter of jailed members of female punk band "Pussy Riot",
Pyromaniac artist who nailed scrotum to Red Square sets Bank of France entrance ablaze
"Heroic actions" of Pavlensly in Moscow:
BBC:
A controversial Russian artist who was granted political asylum in France has been arrested after setting fire to a bank in central Paris, police say.
Petr Pavlensky was held as firefighters tackled two blazes on the facade of Banque de France, in Place de la Bastille.
Pavlensky, 33, first gained notoriety by nailing his scrotum to Moscow's Red Square in 2013.
He fled Russia in January over sexual assault allegations, which he denies. Last year he was found guilty of criminal damage for dousing the doors of the headquarters of Russia's powerful security service, the FSB, in petrol and setting them on fire.
Russian artist held over Paris bank fire
RT:
Pavlensky received political asylum in France earlier this year after he fled Russia with his partner and their children following sexual assault allegations. In an interview with Russian TV channel Rain, Pavlensky said that his family lives “like true French: we do not work and we do not pay.” He said that he “seized” the house in Paris he lives in and resorts to “taking food” from the shops. “The security here is not very attentive,” the artist said.
Artist Pyotr Pavlensky, a supporter of jailed members of female punk band "Pussy Riot",
Pyromaniac artist who nailed scrotum to Red Square sets Bank of France entrance ablaze
"Heroic actions" of Pavlensly in Moscow: