Jailed Pussy Riot member ‘moved to safety’ (via AFP) One of the jailed members of Russia’s punk band Pussy Riot was moved out of her quarters in her prison camp after complaining of poor relations with other prisoners, the prison service said Friday. Maria Alyokhina, 24, who is serving her two-year sentence for the group’s [...]
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News Desk: Putin Accused of Using Terrorist Tactics Against Political Opponents
“It’s a turning point,” said Andrei Piontkovsky, a political analyst and critic of Russian President Vladimir Putin. “Either we head toward an openly fascist regime, or we stop it now.” [Washington Post] IN RUSSIA, President Vladimir Putin is giving new meaning to the phrase you are either with usme or against usme. Leonid Razvozzhayev tried [...]
News Desk: Two Pussy Riot Band Members Flee Russia
Two members of the punk band Pussy Riot have fled Russia to avoid prosecution for a protest against Vladimir Putin that sent three of their band mates to prison, the group said Sunday. [Associated Press] TWITTER BROKE this story, with one Pussy Riot Twitter account tweeting supporters were “recruiting foreign feminists to prepare new protest [...]
News Desk: Russian Prosecutor Seeks Jail Time for Pussy Riot Protest
A state prosecutor on Tuesday demanded a three-year jail term for three women from the punk band Pussy Riot, saying they had abused God when they stormed the altar of a Moscow cathedral and sang a “protest prayer” against the Russian Orthodox Church’s close links to Vladimir Putin. – [Reuters] PUNK BAND POWER, the grrrl [...]
Pres. Putin’s Pussy Riot Crackdown Gives Hint on Syria Thinking
THE RUSSIAN PRESIDENT is using the Orthodox Church to wage a cruel campaign using the religious hierarchy against three young, female musicians in a band called Pussy Riot. From The New Yorker: …Nadezhda Tolokonnikova, twenty-three; Maria Alekhina, twenty-four; and Ekaterina Samutsevich, twenty-nine—Nadia, Masha, and Katya—are being prosecuted for an unsanctioned “punk-prayer” called “Our Lady, chase [...]
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