Pussy Riot

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Pussy Riot
Pussy Riot
Pussy Riot
General information
origin Moscow , Russia
Genre (s) Punk rock , riot grrrl
founding 2011
Website pussy-riot.livejournal.com
Current occupation
Marija Vladimirovna Aljochina
Nadeschda Andrejewna Tolokonnikowa
Yekaterina Stanislavowna Samuzewitsch
et al.

Pussy Riot [ 'pʊsɪ' raɪət ] ( English ; about " Muschi - Aufruhr ") is a feminist , government- and church-critical punk rock band from Moscow, founded in 2011 . She is considered a representative of the Riot Grrrl Movement and her members cite bands like Bikini Kill as role models. The group is a loose association of around ten young women. Their trademark are spontaneous appearances in public places such as metro stations , on bus roofs or on Red Square , where they use balaclavasand wear light, garish clothes and stockings. Her arrest in March 2012 sparked debates about art , religion and politics in the Russian and international media .

Self-image

Pussy Riot sees itself as a completely female, autonomous collective that doesn't charge any money for its shows. The videos are made available online free of charge. The group always holds the performances in public places illegally. The collective speaks out against any personality cult and against hierarchies. The group claims to wear masks because they are against the idea of ​​advertising with female faces as a trademark.

The group was formed in part because of the government's perceived misogyny policies, such as legal restrictions on legal abortions. According to Tolokonnikova, Pussy Riot is "part of the global anti-capitalist movement made up of anarchists, Trotskyists, feminists and autonomists," and she noted:

“Pussy Riot's appearances can be called political or dissident actions with the use of artistic means. In both cases, our appearances are a kind of civil society activity amid the repression of a political system that uses its power against basic human and civil rights. "

In a February 2012 interview with Vice magazine , Serafima identified her main feminist influences as Simone de Beauvoir , Andrea Dworkin , Emmeline Pankhurst , Shulamith Firestone , Kate Millett , Rosi Braidotti and Judith Butler .

In an interview with The St. Petersburg Times , members explained their political positions in more detail: Opinions ranged from anarchism to left-liberal positions, but what they have in common is feminism, the anti-authoritarian stance and the opposition to Putin, which they see as the Continue aggressive imperial policy of the Soviet Union. Her concerns also included education and health, and the centralization of power. They support regional autonomy rights and grassroots democratic organizations. They consider unauthorized rallies to be a key principle because the authorities do not perceive approved rallies as a threat and simply ignore them. Therefore, all appearances by Pussy Riot are illegal and take place in appropriated public space (“co-opted public space”). In a BBC interview during a rehearsal the day before the performance at the cathedral, members of the group argued that only haunted illegal actions can get media attention.

Pussy Riot members have spoken out openly for the rights of sexual minorities and confirmed in an interview that at least one member belongs to such a minority. Tolokonnikova and Samuzewitsch both took part in the banned Gay Pride in Moscow in 2011 and were briefly detained after the event was broken up by the police. Conservative Russians perceive the commitment to sexual minorities negatively. According to a 2010 poll by Levada, 74% of the Russian population consider homosexuality a moral perversion or mental illness.

Members (selection)

Nadeschda Andrejewna Tolokonnikowa (born November 7, 1989) comes from Siberia, studied philosophy in Moscow and met her future husband Pyotr Verilow there. Wersilow took part in the action at the 2018 World Cup on July 15, 2018 and suffered from symptoms of intoxication in September 2018. Together they were co-founders of the artist group Woina (War) , which carried out political provocation with street art and became known through protest actions against the state power.

Yekaterina Stanislawowna Samuzewitsch (born August 9, 1982) worked as a programmer at the armaments company Morinformsistema-Agat before she enrolled at a photography school and also joined Voina .

Marija Vladimirovna Aljochina (born June 6, 1988) studied journalism in Moscow, got involved in environmental projects and mentally ill children.

Early appearances

In the run-up to the 2012 Russian presidential election , the group had been active since October 2011. Numerous appearances in public places were filmed by band members and published on the video portal YouTube . The actions had a performance character , the music only served as a means to an end. The band expressed harsh criticism of President Vladimir Putin . In her blog she called for people to occupy public spaces in Russia. For these actions there was no complaint for the band, despite the violation of several paragraphs. The public response was poor.

“Punk prayer” in the Cathedral of Christ the Savior

Interior of the Cathedral of Christ the Savior in Moscow (2004), scene of the protest on February 21, 2012

The band gained worldwide attention through an action in the central church of the Russian Orthodox Church (ROK), the Cathedral of Christ the Savior in Moscow on February 21, 2012. They entered the ambo of the cathedral, entering it without an express priestly invitation for private individuals is not permitted, and performed a “punk prayer” in front of the altar against the alliance of church and state. They shouted, among other things, "Black frocks, golden epaulettes" and "God shit!". The performance lasted 41 seconds. For publication on the Internet, the video images of the performance in the Cathedral of Christ the Savior were cut, expanded with recordings from another church and a new soundtrack was added. Only in this version, the prosecution later claimed, was President Putin mentioned: "Mother of God, virgin, chase Putin away" and "The patriarch believes in Putin when he should believe in God."

According to their own statements, the women of Pussy Riot protested with their appearance against the fact that the Patriarch of the Russian Orthodox Church Kyrill I supported Vladimir Putin before the presidential elections and said, among other things, that Putin had "straightened the curve of history". They protested against the abortion ban demanded by the Russian Orthodox Church ("In order not to offend His Holiness, women must give birth and love"). In their song, Pussy Riot insinuate that the clergy are working with the State Security ("Black robe, golden epaulettes" and "The KGB chief, their highest saint, has protesters taken to custody.")

After their action, the activists apologized to the believers. In court, Nadezhda Tolokonnikova justified the choice of a church as a venue by saying that Christianity supports “the search for truth, for constant self-conquest” and that it is no coincidence that “Christ surrounded himself with prostitutes”.

Detention and trial in the first instance


The three Pussy Riot members at the trial in the Tagansky district of Moscow , June 2012.

As a result of this action, the three members Nadezhda Tolokonnikova, Marija Aljochina and Jekaterina Samuzewitsch were taken into custody at least temporarily in Kresty prison . They were charged with gross violation of public order ( hooliganism ) under Section 213 of the Russian Criminal Code, which provides for fines or imprisonment of up to seven years for jointly planned and carried out serious disturbances of public order.

The Patriarch of the Russian Orthodox Church , Cyril I , condemned the action as blasphemy and viewed it as part of a larger attack on the church, which many Russians see as part of their national identity and an essential part of a strong state. Icon desecrations and other acts of vandalism have increased since the punk protest. With a demonstration in front of the Cathedral of Christ the Savior on April 22, 2012 tens of thousands of believers expressed their support for the Church. The government also presented the political protest against Putin as a threat to the state. At the same time, more than 2000 believers in an open letter to Kyrill I spoke out against punishing the band members. In addition, the handling of the detained group members provoked a wave of protests and increasing criticism of the church and its close ties to the government.

The human rights organization Amnesty International criticized the arrest and detention of the group members and called for their immediate release. The reaction of the Russian authorities to the peaceful, if for some offensive, opinions expressed by the group was unjustified. The Union of Solidarity for Political Prisoners (Союз солидарности с политзаключенными) had previously recognized the three women imprisoned as political prisoners . Vladimir Lukin , the Putin government's human rights commissioner , has called for exemption from detention. Criminal proceedings are "beyond imagination". Tolokonnikova and Alyochina announced that they would go on hunger strike in protest against the decision to briefly allow the lawyers to inspect the files. According to experts, the women had to expect only a very small fine for an administrative offense - however, they had already been in prison for several months.

In July 2012 the investigation ended and charges were brought. The women face seven years' imprisonment each for “hooliganism”. After two weeks, Tolokonnikova and Marija Aljochina ended their hunger strike, suffering from severe headaches. From then on Samuzevich was on hunger strike to protest against the arbitrariness of the judiciary. The government accused civil rights activists of wanting to make an example of the activists. Amnesty International recognized the three women as political prisoners. On June 21, 2012, a Moscow court decided that they should remain in custody for another six months, at least until January 12, 2013 . Members of the German Bundestag and the federal government's human rights commissioner protested sharply. On August 8, 2012, it was reported that 121 members of the Bundestag signed a letter to Russia's ambassador to Germany, Vladimir Grinin , in which they described the proceedings against the three women in prison as disproportionate and draconian.

The Russian actor Iwan Ochlobystin , who works as a Russian Orthodox priest in addition to his acting profession , campaigned for Pussy Riot. Ochlobystin wrote an open letter to Patriarch Kyrill I. In it he stated that the way in which the women of Pussy Riot are dealt with was damaging the Russian Orthodox Church (ROK). "With every day that the participants of the Pussy Riot group are in prison, the Russian Orthodox Church loses the support of dozens of Christians between the ages of 16 and 60," Ochlobystin wrote in the open letter. On the website of the artist group Chto Delat? the philosopher Slavoj Žižek published a commentary that called for solidarity with Pussy Riot and opposed her “embodiment of an idea” to the “pragmatism of power” of the Russian state, which he previously compared to the tsarist regime of the early 20th century.

Before a concert in Moscow, the singer Sting was critical of the action taken by the authorities against Pussy Riot. At a concert in Moscow on August 7, 2012, the American singer Madonna demanded the release of the imprisoned band members; she was then publicly attacked verbally by the Russian Vice Prime Minister Rogozin . Musician Paul McCartney sent the three defendants an open letter on Twitter wishing them the best of luck. Bands like Franz Ferdinand , Faith No More and Red Hot Chili Peppers also showed solidarity with Pussy Riot.

In July 2012, the well-known sociologist Alek Epstein published a protest art book composed of works that Russian protest artists have created to express their support for Pussy Riot. Alek Epstein has provided the illustrated book with its own text.

The official spokesman for the Russian Orthodox Church, Archpriest Vsevolod Chaplin , said: "God does not forgive sins that are not regretted ... it is an anti-Christian idea to assume that God forgives everything." The church cannot influence the judgment of the court. A “ forgiveness ” on the part of the church, however, presupposes “ repentance ”.

On August 2, 2012, Russian President Vladimir Putin made his first statement on the trial. During his visit to London, he said of Pussy Riot, "I don't think they should be judged too harshly for that". The defense saw this statement as a possible turning point in the Pussy Riot trial.

The Church Spokesman of the Orthodox Church said on September 30, 2012: "The Church sincerely hopes for the penance of those who have desecrated the holy place". "That would definitely be good for their souls."

verdict

All three defendants made closing arguments. In her closing remarks, Ekaterina Samucevich said:

“It is normally expected that in the closing words defendants show repentance, regret the crime committed or enumerate extenuating circumstances. This is absolutely unnecessary for me and my colleagues. […] Once again, Russia looks different in the eyes of the world community than Vladimir Putin would like to portray it in his daily international encounters. All the steps he promised on the way to the rule of law have obviously not been taken. "

Nadezhda Tolokonnikova stated:

“Basically, the three singers in the Pussy Riot group are not being negotiated in this process. If it were so, the events here would have absolutely no meaning. This is a negotiation of the entire state system of the Russian Federation, which, to its own misfortune, in its cruelty to the people, its indifference to their honor and dignity, likes to quote the worst that has ever happened in Russian history. This imitation of a legal process comes close to the pattern of the 'court troics' of the Stalin era. "

Marija Aljochina said:

“We are not guilty, the whole world is talking about it. She speaks about it at concerts, on the Internet, in the press. And she speaks of it in parliaments. […] After spending almost half a year in the remand prison, I realized that the prison is Russia on a miniature scale. "

On August 17, 2012, the suspects were found guilty by Judge Marina Syrowa of “hooliganism out of religious hatred” on the grounds that they had “grossly undermined the social order”. The defendants were each sentenced to two years' imprisonment. The six-month pre-trial detention is taken into account. The prosecutor had asked for three years in prison.

The convicts appealed on August 27, 2012, and the appeal hearing , which was initially scheduled for October 1, had to be postponed to October 10, 2012 after one of the defendants had released her defense attorney.

reception

The human rights commissioner appointed by the Russian parliament , Vladimir Lukin , criticized the Pussy Riot judgment. He called the punishment for the women of Pussy Riot excessive. If the appellate authority does not decide in favor of the three women, he has the power to appeal against the judgment; he is considering doing this.

The following comment was made on Spiegel Online :

"With her [note: the verdict] ends a process that has divided Russian society like no other and has permanently damaged Russia's image abroad."

The proceedings and the verdict were widely criticized. The Russian Orthodox protodeacon Andrei Kurajew accused the public prosecutor of insulting the Russian Orthodox Church with the wording of the charge in the indictment and of having based the indictment on an incorrect interpretation of the Church's canon.

The German Chancellor Angela Merkel emphasized that “the disproportionately harsh judgment” was not “in line with the European values ​​of the rule of law and democracy”. Russia has committed itself to these as a member of the Council of Europe . “A lively civil society and politically active citizens” are “a necessary prerequisite and not a threat to Russia's modernization”. In addition to Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle , who was “concerned” about the effects of the judgment on the “development and freedom of Russian civil society as a whole”, the German government’s human rights commissioner, Markus Löning (FDP), also criticized it. He called the verdict "disproportionately harsh" and called for the musicians to be pardoned. Klaus Staeck , President of the Academy of Arts , spoke of a "political scandal".

Critical voices also came from the German opposition. The federal chairwoman of Bündnis 90 / Die Grünen , Claudia Roth , condemned the proceedings as a “show trial” and “declaration of bankruptcy” by the Russian judiciary. The leader of the left , Katja Kipping , said “Putin's ethical justice system” had “claimed three more victims”. She brought up the examination of financial sanctions. SPD General Secretary Andrea Nahles saw the severity with which the Russian state is proceeding "in a series of decisions such as the new law for non-governmental organizations or the right to demonstrate, which push back the already weak civil society and threaten to subject it to rigid state control."

US President Barack Obama was "disappointed" with the verdict. A White House spokesman called the penalties "disproportionate". Further criticism came from EU Foreign Affairs Representative Catherine Ashton , who referred to "respect for human rights" as an "indispensable part of relations between Russia and the EU". The Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe and the human rights organization Amnesty International also criticized the guilty verdict. Representing the latter, Russia expert Friederike Behr called the judgment a “shocking, politically motivated injustice”, saying it was “a hard blow to freedom of expression in Russia”. Criticism also came from the government's own human rights expert , Mikhail Fedotov , who spoke of a “dangerous precedent”. The Russian opposition activist and civil rights activist Alexei Navalny criticized the “demonstrative destruction of the judiciary”.

According to surveys carried out by Russian opinion institutes and the media, and in accordance with expert opinions, the overwhelming majority (70%) of the Russian population viewed Pussy Riot's appearance in the Cathedral of Christ the Savior as negative and their condemnation positive. More than half of the respondents (55%) considered the sentences imposed to be appropriate and said they believed in the objectivity of the trial. Only 5% were in favor of not imposing any penalty at all.

In the analysis of Russia expert Stefan Meister, there is a calculation behind the harsh judgment against Pussy Riot. The conservative majority of the population of Russia, on which Putin relies, reject the actions of the protest group as repulsive and perverse. The reactions of the West also tend to bind the Russian population together because they are perceived as outside interference. "Pussy Riot came at just the right time to mobilize the conservative majority." Pussy Riot only addresses a small, very liberal and almost radical part of the opposition that is politically insignificant.

Official representatives of German Protestantism sharply criticized the trial against Pussy Riot. The foreign bishop of the Evangelical Church in Germany called the attitude of the Russian Orthodox Church to this process "completely incomprehensible". The legal proceedings against the band Pussy Riot and the feared sentence of three years in prison go "far beyond any conceivable reasonable reaction". Individual representatives of the German evangelical scene such as the Hamburg pastor Ulrich Rüß , however, complained that the “right to freedom of opinion” aspect dominated the media, while the reference to the practiced and propagated blasphemy was ignored. The desirable commitment to human rights is counteracted if it is at the expense of religious feelings. His conclusion was: "Blasphemy is not a suitable means of protest."

Three Pussy Riot sympathizers disturbed the Catholic service in Cologne Cathedral on August 19 with loud slogans. They were charged with "disrupting the practice of religion, trespassing and violating the right of assembly". The proceedings ended with warnings with reservations of punishment and small fines.

The Catholic Bishop Stephan Ackermann described the appearance of Pussy Riot as a “provocation” that “could not be accepted without consequence”, but described the judgment as completely excessive and inappropriate, because no people were harmed by the appearance and also not was called to violence.

In Vienna there were solidarity and protest actions for Pussy Riot in St. Nicholas Church , St. Stephen's Cathedral and in front of the Burgtheater . The State Office for the Protection of the Constitution and Counter-Terrorism started investigations after the pastor of St. Nikolaus reported disrupting the practice of religion .

In an article for the Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung , Moritz Gathmann was critical of the coverage of Pussy Riot and the trial. He accused the western media of portraying women artists too positively and portraying the Russian state negatively, and drew parallels between the “vulgar provocations” of the action artists and the beginnings of the Red Army faction .

The Czech Prime Minister Miloš Zeman criticized the appearance of Pussy Riot in a radio interview on November 2, 2014. The activists do not correspond to his concept of political prisoners. He used vulgar language in describing the members of Pussy Riot and translating the name of their group, so the Czech Press Council considered the possibility of a lawsuit for "endangering the moral development of children" based on airtime. Zeman declined an apology because his language was only on par with his political opponents.

Appeal process and release of Samutsevich

In an appeal to the Moscow City Court on October 10, 2012, Yekaterina Samuzevich's sentence was commuted to suspended sentence, while the sentences for the other two Pussy Riot members were upheld. Samuzevich was represented in the appeal hearing by a new lawyer, Irina Khrunova. She asked the court to treat her client's case separately. Khrunova argued that Samuzevich did not take part "in the acts condemned as hooliganism". She had put on her balaclava and picked up her guitar, but was then removed from the church and not been able to “sing and jump”. The court followed the argument.

Samuzewitsch showed solidarity after the release: "Although I am absolutely in solidarity with my band colleagues, I think that I can only be held responsible for acts that I have actually committed".

Further development

The musicians of the band Pussy Riot filed a lawsuit against Russia at the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg on February 7, 2013, accusing Russia of violating the European Convention on Human Rights . In July 2018, they were awarded damages and compensation for pain and suffering.

Hunger strikes by Alyochina and Tolokonnikova

On May 21, 2013, Maria Aliochina went on a hunger strike because she was not allowed to go to a hearing dealing with her application for early release. She said she would not eat anything until she was allowed to attend the hearing in person. After a few days, Alyokhina was admitted to the prison hospital; she stopped her hunger strike after eleven days because the prison authorities complied with several of her requests.

In September 2013, Nadezhda Tolokonnikova went on a hunger strike in the IK-14 prison camp in the Mordovian village of Parza, because she said she had to work 17 hours a day and had received death threats from the prison authorities. A few days later she was hospitalized; she suspended the strike nine days after it began. Tolokonnikova compared the prison camp in which she lived with a former Soviet gulag camp. A few days later, it became known that the authorities were planning to move her to another prison for "her own safety". Shortly afterwards, Tolokonnikova started another hunger strike because she was not transferred. She withdrew her early release application. The authorities then transferred her to another prison, but did not disclose which one. The authorities said that the family members should know which prison Tolokonnikova was being taken to within ten days. Husband Pyotr Versilov said on November 2, 2013 that he had not heard from his wife for eleven days. On November 5, 2013, it became known that Tolokonnikova had been housed in a new labor camp in Siberia, in the Nizhny Ingash settlement .

Amnesty and release

On December 18, 2013, on the occasion of the 20th anniversary of the Russian constitution , the Russian parliament passed an amnesty law introduced by the Kremlin. President Putin announced on December 19, 2013 that Alyochina and Tolokonnikova could be released early. On December 23, the two musicians were released around three months before the regular expiry of their prison sentence. Aljochina described their release as a "PR gag" in connection with the upcoming Winter Olympics in Sochi and both announced that they would continue to campaign for human rights and against President Putin's authoritarian system. Alyochina said that out of solidarity with those who were still in prisons, she would have waived her release if it had been possible. In March 2014, Alyokhina and Tolokonnikova founded an inmate relief center located in the Mordovia region.

Others

The preparations for the “punk prayer” and the trial in the Russian-American documentary Pussy Riot: A Punk Prayer and the Russian independent production Pussy vs. Putin as well as in the feature film The Moscow Trials were documented .

At the end of December 2021, the Ministry of Justice found that Nadezhda Tolokonnikova and Veronika Nikulshina were foreign agents who “systematically disseminate material to an undetermined group of people and receive funds from abroad”.

Further artistic and political actions

Pussy Riot at an artistic event

Videos and actions 2013–2016

In July 2013, a video with the song Kak w krasnoi tjurme ( Как в красной тюрьме ; As in the red prison ) was released. In it, masked women storm an oil field in the colorful outfit typical of the band. A banner with the Pussy Riot logo was unveiled on the roof of a gas station owned by the Russian state company Rosneft , and portraits of Rosneft boss Igor Sechin and Alexander Bastrykin were defaced.

In February 2014, Alyochina and Tolokonnikova were arrested along with another activist in Sochi during the Winter Olympics. They stated that the new song Putin teaches you to love your homeland , to want to play. After a few hours, the activists were released. A day later, when they were preparing a performance in the city, they were heard by a militia of Cossacks and others. attacked with whips.

In September 2015 the group performed in Banksy's Dismaland with their new song Refugees In . It was posted on the group's YouTube channel in November of that year. In this, the group accuses the European governments of being to blame for the current refugee situation . During the performance, an argument between protesters and the police was staged.

In February 2016, the video with the song Chaika was released, denouncing corruption and abuse of power in Russia. The title refers to the Russian Attorney General Yuri Chaika .

Action at the Football World Cup 2018

During the soccer World Cup final on July 15, 2018 in Moscow, four Pussy Riot activists in police uniforms ran onto the field; At the same time, they made political demands on Facebook. They were overpowered by security forces and arrested by the police. They were sentenced to 15 days in prison for the action.

The activists of the World Cup campaign, the three musicians Veronika Nikulschina, Olga Kuracheva, Olga Pachtusowa and the journalist and Mediazone publisher Pyotr Verilov, were arrested a few minutes after their release on July 30, 2018 in front of two Moscow prisons with the accusation of violating assembly laws again taken away and imprisoned for one night. Pachtusowa published a video recorded in the police van. Versilov's health deteriorated rapidly after visiting a court in September. On September 15, 2018, he was transferred from Moscow to Berlin in an ambulance plane. The previously suspected poisoning was described by physicians at the Berlin Charité as being responsible for his condition with "high plausibility" and was subsequently linked to his research on the Russian group Wagner .

Awards

  • In 2012 the band received an undoped prize from the Russian magazine Snob for the controversial punk prayer as “best art project of the year”.
  • On September 21, 2012, Amnesty International and Yoko Ono presented Pussy Riot with this year's Lennon Ono Peace Prize. In memory of Lennon's commitment to peace and human rights, the award is presented every two years. Ono presented the award to Pyotr Versilov, Nadja Tolokonnikova's husband, in New York. "Pussy Riot is now a symbol of freedom of speech, and they represent all women in the world who are looking for freedom."
  • The group received the special award of the 1LIVE crown in 2012 . Two of the members had traveled from Russia and received the award in Cologne.
  • In 2014 the group received the Václav Havel human rights award “dissident art”.
  • On December 5, 2014, Marija Aljochina and Nadeschda Tolokonnikowa received the Hannah Arendt Prize from the city of Bremen together with the Ukrainian author Juri Andruchowytsch . The reason stated that they had not received the award because of their membership in Pussy Riot, "but because they stand up for prisoners in Russian prisons".

Others

  • There was already a trial in the summer of 2010 in which two art curators - Andrei Erofejew and Yuri Samodurow - were charged with inciting religious hatred. At the time, the same prosecutor brought the lawsuit (and called for three years in prison) as in the Pussy Riot trial. It was about “blasphemous” works of art at an exhibition. Back then, as in the Pussy Riot trial in 2012, Orthodox believers stated on the witness stand that their religious feelings had suffered. The process resulted in a fine against the two curators.
  • The band wanted to protect their name as a trademark to avoid abuse.
  • The city of Wittenberg nominated Pussy Riot in October 2012 for the biennial Luther Prize Das interschrockene Wort , which was to be awarded in April 2013. The nomination caused a sensation and bitter criticism. The city of Wittenberg then checked whether a nomination for the punk band could be reversed. Because the punk prayer in a church is a blasphemy , Protestant theologians were also outraged about the project. The former GDR civil rights activist and theologian Friedrich Schorlemmer said: "A Lutherstadt should not honor blasphemy."
  • In the third episode of the third season of the Netflix series House of Cards , Nadezhda Andreyevna Tolokonnikova and Marija Vladimirovna Aljochina appear in speaking roles in which they strongly criticize the Russian President. They are also shown in the credits at a protest concert.
  • PR is used in the women's education canon by Berg, Meier and others. 2018 given as an example.

Discography

  • 2012: Kill the Sexist (EP)
  • 2015: Won't Get Fooled Again
  • 2016: XXX (EP)

literature

  • Michael Frank: On the verdict against "Pussy Riot" - Russia's democracy and rule of law in poor condition , Berlin 2012, DNB 1025885643 michael-frank.eu (PDF; 24 pages)
  • Pussy Riot: Pussy Riot! A punk prayer for freedom . With a foreword by Laurie Penny . Translation by Barbara Häusler. Edition Nautilus, Hamburg 2012, ISBN 978-3-89401-769-9 (Original title: Pussy Riot! A Punk Prayer for Freedom. )
  • Joachim Willems: Pussy Riot's Punk Prayer. Religion, Law and Politics in Russia. Berlin University Press, Berlin 2013, ISBN 978-3-86280-060-5 .
  • Milo Rau, Kristina Wengorz (editor): The Zurich Trials: Theater Neumarkt Zurich , 3. – 5. May 2013 . Verbrecher Verlag, Berlin 2014, ISBN 978-3-943167-80-1 .

Web links

Commons : Pussy Riot  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files
 Wikinews: Pussy Riot  - on the news

Individual evidence

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  17. ^ Trial against Pussy Riot before the conclusion , Deutschlandfunk, August 7, 2012.
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  19. ↑ An interview with attorney Mark Feigin ( memento from October 29, 2013 in the Internet Archive ), РСН, April 19, 2012 (Russian).
  20. ↑ How free are judges in Russia and China? I , Die Welt, August 8, 2012.
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