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He was arrested in 2024 for his videos and accused of making public calls for terrorist activity. Kushnir died on July 27, 2024, in a detention center in Birobidzhan during a dry hunger strike. His death sparked interest in his performances and books.
Pavel Kushnir had protested repeatedly against Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, and began a hunger strike soon after his arrest in May, later refusing water too.
Aug 10, 2024 · Fourteen time zones away from Washington, in a remote jail in Russia’s Far East, as preparations were finalised for a fanfare announcement of the biggest exchange of prisoners with Moscow since the Cold War, the classical pianist Pavel Kushnir died in silence.
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Sep 18, 2024 · Now, at age 40, he is dead. Mr. Kushnir is one among what human rights activists say is more than 1,000 Russians who have been caught in a harsh state apparatus designed to mute criticism of the ...
Aug 6, 2024 · MOSCOW (AP) — A Russian piano player has died in jail while awaiting trial on charges linked to his criticism of Moscow’s military action in Ukraine, news reports said Tuesday.
Aug 6, 2024 · Pianist Pavel Kushnir died after a dry hunger strike in a detention center in Birobidzhan, a remote town near the Chinese border that serves as the capital of Russia’s Jewish Autonomous Region. A week after his death, neither the Federal Penitentiary Service nor the prosecutor’s office has commented officially on the incident.
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Aug 3, 2024 · Russian classical pianist and anti-war activist Pavel Kushnir has died in pretrial custody in the city of Birobidzhan, the capital of Russia’s Jewish Autonomous Oblast, at the age of 39, friends...
