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An activist of the youth branch of the political movement “Spring” Alexander Kashevarov, who emigrated to the Netherlands, handcuffed himself to the fence of the Russian embassy in The Hague, reproducing the pose of the crucified Christ. He did this to commemorate the anniversary of the return to Russia of opposition politician Alexei Navalny, who is now imprisoned.
August 3, 1976 on the wall of the Peter and Paul Fortress appeared the inscription “You crucify freedom, but the human soul knows no shackles.” It was an action by artists Yuli Rybakov and Oleg Volkov in protest against the persecution of dissidents in the USSR. pic.twitter.com/8ruKnmMtBB
— Spring Movement (@vesna_democrat) January 17, 2022
As follows from the message on Twitter, the young man, stripped to the waist and wearing a crown of thorns, recalled the protest action of the same name in 1976, connected with the persecution of dissidents in the USSR.
Alexander Kashevarov, a native of Chelyabinsk, participated in protests during his school years, and also became a defendant in a criminal case under article 212.1 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (“Repeated violation of the established procedure for organizing or holding a meeting, rally, demonstration, procession or picketing”). At the end of 2021, the “Kashevarov case”, which was only 18 years old, was closed.
Source: Rosbalt
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