Leonid Nikolajew from Voina arrested

Leonid Nikolajew (a.k.a. Leo the Fucknut) from Russian art collective Voina has been arrested at a demonstration against Kremlin on December 4, 2011. All in all there have been at least 30 protesters arrested in St. Petersburg and more than 130 in whole Russia.

In the morning of December 5 Leonid Nikolajew managed to escape from the police station. Read his report on the arrest and his escape HERE.

Artur Żmijewski has appointed the Voina (Oleg Vorotnikov, Natalya Sokol, Leonid Nikolajew, Kasper Nienagliadny Sokol) from Russia and Joanna Warsza from Warsaw as Associate Curators of the 7th Berlin Biennale this week.