The St. Petersburg police have detained members of the Yav art group who were working on the “Goolag” project, the artists stated in an Instagram post.
St. Petersburg artists detained for unfinished ‘Goolag’ installation
The St. Petersburg police have detained members of the Yav art group who were working on the “Goolag” project, the artists stated in an Instagram post.
Photo: Yav art group (‘Goolag: how to get out?’)
Photo: Yav art group
OVD-Info, a Russian human rights group that monitors political arrests, reports that the police detained member of the art group Aleksandr Voronin, assistant Nikolay Stekolnikov, ZDF reporter Roman Shella and video operator Stanislav.
The artists were unable to finish their work, they were taken to a police station. Voronin and Stekolnikov are charged with disorderly conduct. However, local policemen have requested the presence of field agents, as the graffiti is “of a political nature”.
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