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      • Pavel Mikhailovich Kushnir (19 September 1984 – 27 July 2024) was a Russian pianist, writer, and political activist, who became the first political prisoner in modern Russia to die during a hunger strike.
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    Pavel Mikhailovich Kushnir (19 September 1984 – 27 July 2024) was a Russian pianist, writer, and political activist, who became the first political prisoner in modern Russia to die during a hunger strike.

  4. www.bbc.com › news › articlesPavel Kushnir: Lonely death of jailed anti-war Russian pianist

    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.

  5. www.nytimes.com › 2024/09/18 › worldPavel Kushnir Dies in a Russian Prison - The New York Times

    Sep 18, 2024 · Among the hundreds of Russians jailed for criticizing the war in Ukraine, the death of Pavel Kushnir in detention has transformed him into an antiwar symbol.

  6. www.bbc.co.uk › programmes › p0jrrhr2The Fifth Floor: The silent death of an anti-Putin pianist

    Sep 21, 2024 · Pavel Kushnir was a classical pianist. But according to Russian authorities, he was also a dangerous dissident. In July 2024, he died on hunger strike in a remote prison in Far East Russia.

  7. bbcrussian.substack.com › p › the-death-and-life-ofFrom the Moscow Conservatoire to death in a prison cell in ...

    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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  8. apnews.com › article › russia-kushnir-pianist-deathRussian pianist dies in jail after criticizing Moscow’s ...

    Aug 6, 2024 · Kushnir was in custody after his arrest in May on charges related to his criticism of the Kremlin and its action in Ukraine on his YouTube channel. After graduating from the Moscow Tchaikovsky Conservatory, Kushnir performed as a soloist at philharmonics in Kursk and Kurgan before joining Birobidzhan’s philharmonic last year.

  9. www.rferl.org › a › russia-war-activist-deathRussian Anti-War Musician Kushnir Dies In Custody

    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.