Radical Russian artist sets fire to Bank of France
Pyotr Pavlensky, a Russian artist known for radical performances denouncing state power, has set the Central Bank of France in Paris on fire. Pavlensky received asylum in France earlier this year after he fled Russia following sexual assault allegations. Earlier, Pavlensky had nailed his scrotum to cobblestones of Moscow's Red Square to protest against Russia's descent into a "police state".