Man nails his own testicles to the ground in front of horrified tourists
Police eventually covered him up with a blanket before removing him from the scene. He was taken to a clinic for treatment and placed under arrest.
Pavelnsky has previously performed painful protests to highlight political causes. In 2011 he sewed his lips together to highlight the plight of the jailed Pussy Riot group and he later wrapped his naked body in barbed wire outside a government building in St Petersburg.
See the horrifying video after the cut...