Naked Russian Political Protestor Cuts Off His Ear, Because #Russia

A naked political protestor in Russia decided the best course of action to get attention was to cut off his own ear.

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Today in downtown Moscow, Russian performance artist Pyotr Pavlensky somehow decided that it was a good time to cut off his own ear in an act of defiance “against the return of repressive Soviet-era policies.” Do those policies include cutting off ears? Because otherwise this doesn’t make a whole lot of sense.

Then again, Pavlensky has always had a flair for the dramatic. Just last year. He took to Red Square and nailed his balls to the cobblestones.

A post on his wife’s Facebook page sheds some light on the nature of the protest, which Pavlensky said was to condemn Russia “returning to the use of psychiatry for political goals.” Also, he may just be a huge fan of Vincent Van Gogh.

[via Mashable]

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