“Pavlensky is a sort of absurdist descendant of Soviet dissidents, who demanded that the state follow its own constitution, which, on paper, guaranteed the rights to freedom of speech and freedom of assembly. Pavlensky demands that the state follow its own logic of escalation, which is precisely what the authorities are trying to avoid in his case.”
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