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Russian police detained a punk group called Pussy Riot on Friday after they performed a protest song criticising Vladimir Putin next to Saint Basil’s Cathedral in Moscow.​

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/wor...ested-for-performing-Vladimir-Putin-song.html

 

[returnofbarn]

putin has pissed himself, the wags!

 

[ann post]

A: the thread should be called 'punks putin jail'.

B: it looks like a marketing campaign, its about as punk as lady gaga.

 

[subbuteo !]

B: it looks like a marketing campaign, its about as punk as lady gaga.

bollox! the song is punk as fuck and it takes balls to be doing this in russia!

 

[NecroSteve]

Tour?

 

[ann post]

t.a.t.u are still my favourite russian all girl shock rock band.

 

[GO]

Trevor Horn

 

[тхеодоре кацзынски]

Don't fuck with Putin

 

[Janer]

Nice read, I thanked u for it and then I noticed the new meh button!! lololololololol

​Ur post is still worth the 'like'

 

[Janer]

There are 2 Pussy Riots, the other one is a slow acoustic indie French band, why on earth would that type of band want that name?


The Russian band are excellent I have to say...

 

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[Psycho Punk]

I sent this mail around. Let them know you care. Any communications they get have to be copied back to Moscow.

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The Russian punk group Pussy Riot need your help. Two of their members have been arrested and face seven years in prison for protesting against Putin.

email Russian Embassies asking that they be released.

London RE [email protected]

Dublin RE [email protected]

Quote:
Russia's Pussy Riot punk rockers to remain in custody
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-17366601

Supporters are calling for the women to be freed

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Two women from female Russian punk group Pussy Riot must remain in custody for six more weeks, a court has ruled.

Nadezhda Tolokonnikova and Mariya Alekhina were arrested last month after the band overran the pulpit of a Moscow church.

The group chanted slogans to protest against the president elect Vladimir Putin.

The women, who both have young children, could face seven years in jail if found guilty of hooliganism.

The all-female feminist band gained notoriety for its masked performances denouncing Vladimir Putin in the run-up to presidential elections which were held earlier this month.

They performed in high-profile places such as Red Square and on a rooftop opposite a jail where anti-government protesters had been locked up.

In the Red Square performance the group sang "Putin has wet himself" before police arrived.

The two women were arrested after the group chanted "Mother Mary, drive Putin away" at Moscow's Christ the Saviour Cathedral on 21 February.


Russian feminist punk rock group Pussy Riot rehearse at a secret location

The Orthodox Church condemned the incident saying it was blasphemous but it has called for mercy on the two mothers.

The Moscow City Court said they will remain in custody until 24 April.

The Associated Press news agency is reporting that the women have declared a hunger strike to protest against their treatment.

Fighting broke out outside the court and three of their supporters as well as one critic were arrested.

 

[Psycho Punk]

Russia election: Arrests at 'Pussy Riot' hearing
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-17767457

The church has asked for the women to be treated severely

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Police have arrested protesters outside a Moscow court during a custody hearing for three women accused of violating public order at a cathedral.

At least 20 people were detained, both supporters and Russian Orthodox opponents of the women, said to be members of a punk band, Pussy Riot.

The women were arrested last month after an obscene political song was played inside the cathedral in Moscow.

At least two of them deny being in the group or taking part in the action.

The court is deciding whether to keep them in custody ahead of their trial.

If convicted of violating public order, the women could face up to seven years in prison.

Around 100 people had gathered outside the court building, with supporters of the women chanting "Freedom". Witnesses described seeing flares being set off and an egg being thrown by an Orthodox activist at the husband of one of the accused women.

The women's detention has caused an outcry among human rights organisations with Amnesty International declaring them "prisoners of conscience".

Lyudmila Alexeyeva, head of the Moscow Helsinki Group, Russia's oldest independent human rights organisation, said the women should never have been arrested in the first place.

"What they did does not deserve such a long period of imprisonment," she said.


Yekaterina Samutsevich waved as she arrived for the court hearing in Moscow
Maria Alekhina and Nadezhda Tolokonnikova, arrested on 3 March, have denied being in the punk group or taking part in the performance.

A third woman, Yekaterina Samutsevich, was arrested on 15 March.

Pussy Riot members, their faces masked with balaclavas, performed their controversial Punk Prayer inside Christ The Saviour Cathedral on 21 February, later releasing a video of the event.

The song, which has an obscene chorus, savages Vladimir Putin, controversially re-elected last month for a third term as Russian president, and also appears to mock Patriarch Kirill, head of the Russian Orthodox Church.

The Patriarch's official spokesman, Archpriest Vsevolod Chaplin, told the BBC that "the main task of the state and society is to guarantee that nothing of that kind happens again and in this sense I think the state and society should be severe".

 

[Psycho Punk]

I've posted this version elsewhere with an appeal.


Putin Persecutes Pussy Riot
Arrests at 'Pussy Riot' hearing

Contact President Putin To Ask For Their Release.


Police have arrested protesters outside a Moscow court during a custody hearing for three women accused of violating public order at a cathedral. At least 20 people were detained, both supporters and Russian Orthodox opponents of the women, said to be members of a punk band, Pussy Riot. The women were arrested last month after an obscene political song was played inside the cathedral in Moscow.


Pussy Riot

At least two of them deny being in the group or taking part in the action. The court is deciding whether to keep them in custody ahead of their trial. If convicted of violating public order, the women could face up to seven years in prison.

Around 100 people had gathered outside the court building, with supporters of the women chanting "Freedom". Witnesses described seeing flares being set off and an egg being thrown by an Orthodox activist at the husband of one of the accused women.

Lyudmila Alexeyeva, head of the Moscow Helsinki Group, Russia's oldest independent human rights organisation, said the women should never have been arrested in the first place. "What they did does not deserve such a long period of imprisonment," she said.

Maria Alekhina and Nadezhda Tolokonnikova, arrested on 3 March, have denied being in the punk group or taking part in the performance. A third woman, Yekaterina Samutsevich, was arrested on 15 March.

Pussy Riot members, their faces masked with balaclavas, performed their controversial Punk Prayer inside Christ The Saviour Cathedral on 21 February, later releasing a video of the event.

The song, which has an obscene chorus, savages Vladimir Putin and also appears to mock Patriarch Kirill, head of the Russian Orthodox Church.

The Patriarch's official spokesman, Archpriest Vsevolod Chaplin, told the BBC that "the main task of the state and society is to guarantee that nothing of that kind happens again and in this sense I think the state and society should be severe".

Putin does have a sense of humour and is unlikely to be upset at being lampooned in a punk song. Whats more worrying here is the Orthodox Church saying that the event should be treated more seriously because it took place inside a church. Normally this sort of incident would attract a maximum six month sentence.

Freedom of expression should be defended and more importantly the Orthodox Church should not be above criticism.

Please go to the following link and send a (polite) message to President Putin asking him to intervene in this case to secure the release of the women and to pardon them if they are convicted.

http://eng.letters.kremlin.ru/

 

[Psycho Punk]

Artist faces prosecution for distributing Pussy Riot ‘icons’
http://rt.com/art-and-culture/news/artist-legal-distributing-pussy-riot-316/
Published: 07 June, 2012, 21:33
Edited: 08 June, 2012, 11:23

RIA Novosti / Alexandr Kryazhev

A Novosibirsk artist faces prosecution for placing images of members of Pussy Riot, the feminist punk band, stylized as icons in the city streets.

The posters call to free the girls, who are now in detention for rushing into Moscow’s key cathedral to play a ‘blasphemous’ song.

The Prosecutor’s Office of Novosibirsk has launched an administrative lawsuit against local artist Artyom Loskutov, who is charged with “violation of the law on freedom of conscience, freedom of religion and religious associations,” placing images of one of the band’s member-activists, stylized as an icon, in the city’s outdoor ad light boxes, Kommersant reports.

The prosecutor’s reports say the image on the poster “fully repeats the portrayal of the icon 'The Sign,' but the face of the mother of God is covered with a mask with holes for the eyes.”

The resemblance apparently offended the religious feelings of Russian Orthodox believers, as the prosecutors claim they have been receiving complaints from locals regarding the posters.

Loskutov denies allegations that he is linked to the posters. He claims that he just took pictures of the ad boxes with the posters and posted them to his blog.
A hearing of the case is scheduled for June 8.

Images of one of the band’s member-activists, stylized as an icon, appeared on several ad banners in Novosibirsk in March. The poster features a masked lady with a baby with a nimbus over her head.

Three members of Pussy Riot are currently in detention and could face up to seven years in prison.

 

[ANTIQUE RICED]

FREE THE PUSSY!
WHEN DO WE WANT IT?!
NOW!

 

[Psycho Punk]

Protest as Pussy Riot gets another two months in jail
http://rt.com/art-and-culture/news/pussy-riot-detention-264/
Published: 20 June, 2012, 13:44

Protesters have gathered in front of the Tagansky court in Moscow to support the members of the Pussy Riot feminist punk band (RIA Novosti / Kirill Kallinikov)

Russian filmmakers, opposition activists, musicians, artists have gathered to express their support for the members of the Pussy Riot feminist punk band, as a court is considering prolonging their arrest.
Around 150 supporters are in front of the Tagansky court in Moscow. Police have already detained five people.

The court is due to consider a petition to prolong the arrest of the three Pussy Riot feminists for a further two months.

The three girls, Nadezhda Tolokonnikova, Ekaterina Samutsevich and Maria Alehina, are charged with hooliganism after rushing into Russia’s main church and performing what was called a “punk prayer”, have already spent 107 days in prison.

Prosecutors say they have found no motive in the girl’s actions. The investigation was said to be completed two weeks ago.
Since March when the three girls were arrested Pussy Riot members have received widespread support at home and outside Russia. British filmmaker Terry Gilliam and Beastie Boys band member Adam Horovitz have expressed their support for the arrested girls. The human rights organization Amnesty International named the girls “prisoners of conscience.”

The Pussy Riot case is still a matter of pubic debate, with people arguing over whether the band’s actions should be qualified as a criminal or as an administrative offence. The girls may face up to seven years in prison if found guilty of hooliganism.

 

[тхеодоре кацзынски]

Obvious hooliganism,to Siberia with the western stooges.

 

[Psycho Punk]

Obvious hooliganism,to Siberia with the western stooges.

Don't be silly, protest outside the Russian Embassy and we'll pick up nubile punkgirls.

 

[тхеодоре кацзынски]

I prefer Nubian punk girls.