punks arrested in russia (5 Viewers)

[Psycho Punk]

You gotta ask-what have they achieved?
The protest movement seems to have run out of steam,two of them are still locked up and the regime is determined to see any potential opposition leaders join them.

Yeah, whats the point in ever doing anything?

 

[Janer]

Let's all give up and die!

 

[Janer]

I would say it brought unprecedented coverage of what they were trying to get across.

 

[тхеодоре кацзынски]

Fair point.
I guess what's gets me is that this stuff is forever happening in Russia and no-one gives a hoot till its a bunch of photogenic females then suddenly the whole world is up in arms over it.Well,temporarily anyway.

 

[тхеодоре кацзынски]

And again,I really have to change my avatar...

 

[Psycho Punk]

And again,I really have to change my avatar...

Ah leave it, I take it that it suits your sense of Irony.

Also, the whole Pusy Riot case has attracted more attention to other repression in Russia.

 

[pete]

The Greenpeace Arctic 30 could be home for Christmas, and the two jailed members of punk group Pussy Riot will be released from jail as early as today, after a wide-ranging amnesty law was passed by Russia’s parliament yesterday.

The Pussy Riot pair are serving a two-year jail sentence, while the Greenpeace activists are charged with hooliganism and are currently on bail for trial in St Petersburg.
The amnesty, backed by President Vladimir Putin, is timed to coincide with the 20th anniversary of Russia’s constitution, and is being seen as a move to boost Russia’s image ahead of February’s Winter Olympics in Sochi.

Russia to free Pussy Riot members and Greenpeace detainees - The Irish Times - Thu, Dec 19, 2013

 

[7 - No tomorrow]

He's letting Khodorkovsky out too.

He must have been visited by three ghosts.