On February 21 the riot-grrrl Russian punk act Pussy Riot went into the Christ The Savior cathedral in Moscow and performed a song protesting current president of Russia / shadowy overlord Vladimir Putin. In America or indeed most other places in the Western world, this would have been a case vandalism and not much more; kids being punks and being disruptive happens hundreds of times a day. But in Putin’s Russia, Pussy Riot have been jailed since the performance and have been sentenced to two years in a Russian jail.
Here’s a music video of the Pussy Riot song “Punk Prayer,” which features what appears to be a fair amount of footage of the performance.
And here’s some unedited footage, showing a lot more yelling from the angry Orthodox churchgoers:
Now, correct me if I’m wrong, but if there’s such a thing as religious freedom shouldn’t there be such a thing as anti-religious freedom?
August 17, 2012 at 11:30 am, Breaking News of the Day: Pussy Riot Gets 2 Years In Jail - The Daily What said:
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August 17, 2012 at 11:36 am, Listen to Pussy Riot’s new song ‘Putin Lights Up the Fires’ | Death and Taxes said:
[...] Nadezhda Tolokonnikova, 23, Maria Alyokhina, 24, and Ekaterina Samutsevich, 29 of Pussy Riot to 2 years in jail today for hooliganism driven by religious hatred for performing a “punk prayer” at a [...]
August 17, 2012 at 4:41 pm, Julio Altamiranda Bayard said:
"anti-religious freedom" like religious freedom, should be checked when your freedom affects the freedom of others. If religious country music stars broke into pussy riot's lesbian vegetarian headquarters and began playing "kumbaya" You would have written an article about how their "anti-religious" freedom was being violated. Wake up. This is on some reverse Bill O'Reilly shit.
August 17, 2012 at 4:44 pm, Aryn Higgins said:
oh julio…
August 17, 2012 at 4:45 pm, Julio Altamiranda Bayard said:
this website is like Alabama for liberals
August 17, 2012 at 5:29 pm, Rob Kane said:
two years in jail because the church's feelings were hurt. how bad were the victims.. umm, what victims?
August 17, 2012 at 7:08 pm, Danny Amos Flynn said:
GET YOUR HANDS OFF OUR PUSSIES!
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August 18, 2012 at 2:07 pm, Daniel Hombourger said:
Comment dit-on démocratie en Russe…
August 19, 2012 at 7:50 pm, Who Cares? Pussy Riot Sentenced | Cbcburke9's Blog said:
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August 20, 2012 at 12:16 am, Glen Heinsohn said:
I am Catholic and while it is not right to profane the Lord, these kids were kinda cute and they have a right to protest. they do not have a right to invade private property but come on, Jail? maybe a $25 fine I mean who got hurt? Christ is certainly not harmed.
August 21, 2012 at 2:27 pm, What Pussy Riot Sounds Like | Evolver.fm said:
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August 21, 2012 at 4:45 pm, What Pussy Riot Sounds Like said:
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August 22, 2012 at 5:04 am, [link] Vladimir Putin is right to be frightened by Pussy Riot. They are a concept and you can’t stop a concept. « slendermeans said:
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September 06, 2012 at 9:19 am, Vlad Putin to lead annual migration of large birds, naturally | Death and Taxes said:
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September 13, 2012 at 2:22 am, Allegations of rioting, vandalism at now defunct factory said:
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October 12, 2012 at 7:19 am, Geoff Steele-Morgan said:
We see how much dogshit the church is.
November 28, 2012 at 4:16 pm, Pussy Riot makes Time Magazine’s Person of the Year candidates | Death and Taxes said:
[...] ultimately making its way back to a collective that actually made a difference in their country: Pussy Riot.Two years ago we preemptively suggested Julian Assange as Person of the Year—Time went with Mark [...]
June 11, 2013 at 12:07 pm, Russian parliament unanimously approves fines for gay pride rallies | Death and Taxes said:
[...] The AP report describes the legislation as part of a broader effort “promote traditional Russian values as opposed to Western liberalism,” which it sees as inciting a recent wave of protests against Putin, as embodied by Pussy Riot. [...]