Crimean artist Bohdan Zizu, who received 15 years in prison and went on a hunger strike, is being transferred to a punishment cell in a pre-trial detention center in Simferopol. His sister Alexandra told Krym.Realiyam about this.
“The hunger strike starts today. Since Monday, he has been transferred to an isolated cell, punishment cell. There will be no conditions for life — not even outlets to heat water. There is one bed there, but during the day it is folded, you can’t go to bed before lights out. If a person sits down, then they beat him, ”the publication quotes Alexandra as saying.
On June 6, the Southern District Military Court in Rostov-on-Don sentenced the performance artist to 15 years in prison — he must spend the first four years in prison, and serve the rest of the term in a colony. The court found Ziza guilty of justifying terrorism (Part 2 of Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code), preparing to commit a terrorist attack (Part 1 of Article 30, Part 1 of Article 205 of the Criminal Code) and vandalism motivated by political hostility (Part 2 of Article 214 of the Criminal Code).
Two buckets of paint and a Molotov cocktail. How artist Bohdan Ziza from Evpatoria became a symbol of Crimean resistance in Ukraine
A criminal case was opened after on the night of May 16, Ziza doused the building of the Yevpatoriya city administration with blue and yellow paints. In addition, the Grati edition clarifies, he took out a Molotov cocktail, but the wick went out even before the throw. Ziza threw this bottle through the administration window. He lit another bottle and threw it at the wall, the flame flared up several meters high.
On the same day, the artist was detained, and the Krym 24 TV channel published a video of Ziza's apology. Later, the artist told Krym.Realii that there were at least five such videos — FSB officers forced him to record them.
“They first made me record one video, which they sent to some of their boss for verification. Then another, when he replied that somehow I did not repent very sincerely. I deliberately did not show any emotions, so I was beaten again. I'm not a very good actor, and the text was constantly changing. Then I had to apologize to the Russian army, then to Putin. In the end, even they realized that the latter was already superfluous, ”said the artist.