Pyotr Pavlensky created his Pornopolitics work in response to the video and now faces up to two years in prison for publishing sexual content without the participants' consent

Alexei Kuzmich, who is known for performances critiquing the regime of Belarusian dictator Alexander Lukashenko, warned France is also “slipping into fascism” and accused president Emmanuel Macron of punishing dissenters

Dissident wants to create a “political porn” website focusing on behaviour of people in power

Verdict was handed down in dramatic Paris hearing, which Pavlensky dedicated to the Marquis de Sade

Femen activists showed their support outside the courthouse by sewing their lips shut in a recreation of his first performance

The controversial figure has gone on hunger strike in protest at “lack of transparency” over legal process