MOSCOW - A Russian court on June 8 ordered the release of a performance artist who was charged with vandalism for two stunts in Moscow and St. Petersburg, ending what could have been a trial to rival that of punk band Pussy Riot.
Associated Press: Russian courts convicts, releases dissident artist
Russian performance artist Pyotr Pavlensky looks out from a defendants' cage during a hearing at Moscow's Meshchansky district court on May 18, 2016.
