Artist nails testicles to the ground in protest

A Russian performance artist was hospitalised after stripping naked and nailing his testicles to a Red Square cobblestone in protest against the Kremlin’s crackdown on political rights.

Artist nails testicles to the ground in protest
Tue, 12 Nov, 2013 - 00:00

A video on Russian websites showed artist Pyotr Pavlensky sitting naked outside Lenin’s Mausoleum being covered with a blanket by police officers while horrified passersby looked on.

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