Russian female punk band Pussy Riot on trial for anti-Putin protest

World Jul. 31, 2012 - 06:30AM JST ( 14 )

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Stranger_in_a_Strange_LandJul. 31, 2012 - 10:56AM JST

Nice to see some cool performance art/civil disobedience coming out of Russia. Good luck to these brave and awesome women. Pussy Riot! What an awesome name!

"the defendants’ bare shoulders, short skirts and “aggressive” dance moves violated church rules and offended the faithful."

Woke up the faithful is more like it. Pure awesomeness!!!!!!!!
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noriyosan73Jul. 31, 2012 - 11:00AM JST

What the heck is the meaning in front of the band's name? Is the music similar to Madonna's in her self exploration years? "Any publicity is good."
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TheQuestionJul. 31, 2012 - 12:51PM JST

There's an old adage about a clenched fist being unable to hold water.
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OlegekJul. 31, 2012 - 04:51PM JST

Nice to see some cool performance art/civil disobedience coming out of Russia. Good luck to these brave and awesome women. Pussy Riot! What an awesome name!

May be these brave and awesome women should make a tour in churches of your country ? Want to see 'em?
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Stranger_in_a_Strange_LandJul. 31, 2012 - 05:00PM JST

Sure, as soon as my country is run by a dictator and the churches support him.
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MadvertsJul. 31, 2012 - 06:06PM JST

"May be these brave and awesome women should make a tour in churches of your country ? Want to see 'em?"

Good God, you bet we do. I'm not religious but they'd get me in the church.

Especially Nadezhda Tolokonnikova, she's very cute Pussycat Comrade!
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OlegekJul. 31, 2012 - 07:08PM JST

@ StrangerinaStrangeLand Sure, as soon as my country is run by a dictator and the churches support him

The men who thinking too much about foreign dictators must have a huge amount of freedom in his own country...
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OlegekJul. 31, 2012 - 07:23PM JST

@ Madverts "May be these brave and awesome women should make a tour in churches of your country ? Want to see 'em?" Good God, you bet we do. I'm not religious but they'd get me in the church.

In Russia - the church is a house of God

Mosque synagogue.....buddhist temple....

Several years ago, vandals who painted synagogue by Nazi symbols went to jail...

It' not a "Free World" TM

Sorry - traditional society
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MadvertsJul. 31, 2012 - 07:34PM JST

"Several years ago, vandals who painted synagogue by Nazi symbols went to jail..."

Are you seriously suggesting girls wiggling their booties in protest against Russia's elf-imposed Czar can be compared to vandalizing a synagogue with the Nazi symbol?

You can have your rotten dictatorship under Putin imprisoning any dissent against his rule. It won't stop the rest of the world admiring the courage of these girls to speak out against him.
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TheQuestionJul. 31, 2012 - 10:17PM JST

May be these brave and awesome women should make a tour in churches of your country ? Want to see 'em?

I think my priest would let it fly. He's really old and I'm not entierly sure if he would even notice.

On a bad day they might be escourted off the premisis but I don't think they'd ever be thrown in jail let alone the possibility of seven years for the viscious crime of booty shaking.

Note to self: Do not Dougie in Moscow. At home I'm merely fly (and a delightful embarrassment to my niece and nephew) but in Russia I guess my moves are downright criminal.

Oh, and can't resist

In Soviet Russia dance hustles you.
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OlegekAug. 01, 2012 - 01:39AM JST

Are you seriously suggesting girls wiggling their booties in protest against Russia's elf-imposed Czar can be compared to vandalizing a synagogue with the Nazi symbol?

Yeah! Why not ? These protesters could chouse other place - before Kreml for examle !

Why not ?

Or directly and simply put this video on You Tube ?

Protest ? Yes !

They prefered to hurt religious feelings of Orthodox ...

So - because of this they must go to prison...

You can have your rotten dictatorship under Putin imprisoning any dissent against his rule

Sorry - if you are not Russian citizen dictatorship/Putin/KGB should not disturb your dreams

It won't stop the rest of the world admiring the courage of these girls to speak out against him.

Hm can they receive US citizenship after prison ? ( They go to prison anyway)

And they will write a memoir and will receive a Pulitzer Prize and the Nobel

not bad huh?
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TriumvereAug. 01, 2012 - 03:25AM JST

Madverts,

Russia's elf-imposed Czar

There's an interesting concept.

Olegek,

They prefered to hurt religious feelings of Orthodox ...

Sorry, but "hurting feelings" shouldn't end you up with a 7-year prison sentence. The girls should be able to name there band whatever they like and offend whoever they like. At worst this is civil disobedience that should merit a few nights in jail. We all know that they are being punished for the content of their speech rather than the delivery of it.
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MadvertsAug. 01, 2012 - 05:24AM JST

"There's an interesting concept."

Tolkienian-slip? Whoops ....
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OlegekAug. 01, 2012 - 12:49PM JST

Sorry, but "hurting feelings" shouldn't end you up with a 7-year prison sentence

.Court has not made a decision

The girls should be able to name there band whatever they like

may be

and offend whoever they like

no