US EditionRussian Anti-War Musician Kushnir Dies In Custody
- Russian concert pianist and anti-war activist Pavel Kushnir died in police custody after a hunger strike, his mother confirmed on Monday.
- Friends said that Kushnir, age 39, died in a pre-trial detention center in the Jewish Autonomous District in Russia’s Far East.
- Federal Security Service agents arrested Kushnir in May for calling for terrorist activities in YouTube videos against the invasion of Ukraine.
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Anti-war Russian pianist dies in prison after hunger strike
LONDON - A Russian pianist and anti-war activist has died in prison after going on hunger strike, his mother said, in what the European Union called a shocking case of political repression. Read more at straitstimes.com.
Pianist and anti-war activist Pavel Kusnir died in a Russian detention prison in Birobidzhan in the Far East as a result of a hunger strike, BBC News reported, citing comments from the activist's mother, Irina Levinova. The Russian version of the online encyclopedia Wikipedia named the 39-year-old Kushnir as the first political prisoner in Russia to lose his life on hunger strike.
He was imprisoned in May 2024, accused of “calling for terrorism”. His death, the result of a hunger strike according to his mother, was not officially announced.
Russian pianist Pavel Kushnir, who was arrested for protesting the conflict in Ukraine with some YouTube interventions, died in prison. Authorities reported to his mother Irina Levina that the 39-year-old man died following a hunger and thirst strike in a detention center in Birobidzhan, in the Russian Far East. Mediazona was the outlet that reported the mother's statements, as well as those from Olga Romanova, responsible for the 'Russia Behind…
Pianist Pavel Kushnir died at the temporary detention center of Birobidzhan, Russia, after a hunger strike, his relatives reported. He was imprisoned for criticizing the war in Ukraine.
Imprisoned for criticizing the Kremlin on YouTube: a Russian pianist dies of hunger strike in prison
A Russian pianist, imprisoned after criticizing the attack on Ukraine, has died in custody, his relatives reported...
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