Anti-war pianist Paweł Kusznir dies in Russian prison after hunger strike
In a Russian prison, Paweł Kusznir, a pianist known for his anti-war activism, has died. The 39-year-old passed away after a hunger strike he declared in protest against the war in Ukraine.
Kusznir died on 27th July. The authorities of the penal colony in Birobidzhan in the Russian Far East did not report his death. Journalists from the Wot Tak project of the Belsat TV channel uncovered this information.
The oppositionists conducted a dry hunger strike, the most extreme form of hunger strike, while in prison. A dry hunger strike involves refraining from consuming both solid foods and liquids.
Olga Romanova, the head of the Sitting Russia project, an organization defending the rights of political prisoners, confirmed the man's death.
Musician dies. He starves to death
The musician was arrested at the end of May on charges of incitement to terrorism. The investigation was launched in connection with recordings published on his YouTube channel. Kusznir only had five subscribers at the time.
In the recordings, he spoke out against the war and the Kremlin's policies in poetic form. The artist also published a book with an anti-war theme.
