MOSCOW, November 11 (RAPSI) – Moscow’s Tverskoy District Court remanded to police the case against Pyotr Pavlensky, who was detained Sunday after nailing his scrotum to the cobblestones of Moscow’s Red Square, RAPSI reports from the courtroom.
The remand was based on a procedural error in the paperwork.
Pavlensky was released on the spot. His lawyer reported that the case materials were returned to the police. He is expected to stand trial once the materials have been properly amended. If convicted, Pavlensky could face a fine or up to 15 days in jail.
On Sunday, Pavlensky came to Moscow’s Red Square, stripped naked and then proceeded to nail his genitalia to the cobblestones. Paramedics took the man from the Red Square, and after refusing hospitalization, he spent the night in a police station.
This is not Pavlensky’s first performance involving self-inflicted injuries. During the summer of 2012, he stitched his mouth shut and protested in front of Saint Petersburg’s Kazansky Cathedral in support of the jailed Pussy Riot members.