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Pussy Riot

Pussy Riot
7 women with bright colored clothes and multicolored knit ski masks over their faces. A woman at the center holds a guitar and one at the back holds a piece of red fabric.
Members of the band in January 2012
Background information
OriginMoscow, Russia
Genres
Years active2011–present
Members
Websitepussy-riot.livejournal.com

Pussy Riot is a Russian feminist protest and performance art group based in Moscow that became popular for its provocative punk rock music which later turned into a more accessible style. Founded in the fall of 2011 by the then 22-year-old Nadya Tolokonnikova, it has had a membership of approximately 11 women.[2][3] The group staged unauthorized, provocative guerrilla gigs in public places. These performances were filmed as music videos and posted on the internet.[4] The group's lyrical themes included feminism, LGBTQ rights, opposition to Russian President Vladimir Putin and his policies,[5] and Putin's links to the leadership of the Russian Orthodox Church.[6]

The group gained global notoriety when five members of the group staged a performance inside Moscow's Cathedral of Christ the Saviour in February 2012,[7][8] an action condemned as sacrilegious by the Russian Orthodox Church. Three members of the group were arrested, tried, convicted, later amnestied and released on probation. The trial and sentence attracted considerable attention and criticism,[9] particularly in the West. The case was taken up by human rights groups, including Amnesty International, which designated the women as prisoners of conscience,[10] and by a number of prominent entertainers.[11] Public opinion in Russia was generally less sympathetic towards the band members.[12][13]

In February 2014, a statement was made anonymously on behalf of some Pussy Riot members that Alyokhina and Tolokonnikova were no longer members.[14] However, both were among the group that performed as Pussy Riot during the Winter Olympics in Sochi, where group members were attacked with whips and pepper spray by the Russian Cossack paramilitary employed as security guards.[15]

  1. ^ "Putin's trigger". Meduza. January 22, 2022. Retrieved September 27, 2023.
  2. ^ "What You Don't Know About Pussy Riot, and Life in Russia's Gulag-Like Prison Colonies". Vanity Fair. January 9, 2014.
  3. ^ Charles Clover (March 16, 2012). "Pussy Riot dig claws into Putin". Financial Times. London. Archived from the original on March 1, 2022. Retrieved November 16, 2012.
  4. ^ Henry Langston (March 2012). "A Russian Pussy Riot". Vice. Archived from the original on November 3, 2012. Retrieved August 8, 2012.
  5. ^ Carole Cadwalladr (July 29, 2012). "Pussy Riot: will Vladimir Putin regret taking on Russia's cool women punks?". The Observer. London. Archived from the original on March 1, 2022. Retrieved November 20, 2012.
  6. ^ Oleg Kashin (August 17, 2012). "Putin's message: if you're pro Pussy Riot you're against the Orthodox church". The Guardian. London. Archived from the original on September 18, 2012. Retrieved November 10, 2012.
  7. ^ Pussy Riot gig at Christ the Savior Cathedral (original video). July 2, 2012. Archived from the original on November 3, 2012. Retrieved September 1, 2012.
  8. ^ "Russian police detain Pussy Riot sympathizers in cathedral". Reuters. February 21, 2013. Archived from the original on May 8, 2018. Retrieved May 7, 2018.
  9. ^ According to BBC Monitoring, in the worldwide press there was "almost universal condemnation" of the two-year sentence imposed on the three members of the group. "Press aghast at Pussy Riot verdict". BBC News. August 18, 2012. Archived from the original on January 14, 2013. Retrieved October 27, 2012.
  10. ^ "Russia: Release punk singers held after performance in church" (PDF). Amnesty International. April 3, 2012. Archived (PDF) from the original on June 20, 2015. Retrieved April 4, 2012.
  11. ^ "Adele, U2, Madonna, Yoko Ono, Radiohead, Patti Smith, Bruce Springsteen, Ke$ha, Sir Paul McCartney and Sting unite with more than 100 Musicians to call for release of Pussy Riot". Amnesty International. July 22, 2013. Archived from the original on June 20, 2015. Retrieved February 6, 2014.
  12. ^ "Россияне о деле Pussy Riot" [Russians on the Pussy Riot case]. levada.ru (in Russian). Levada. July 31, 2012. Archived from the original on September 3, 2012. Retrieved October 27, 2012.
  13. ^ "Треть россиян верит в честный суд над Pussy Riot" [One-third of Russians believe in fairness of Pussy Riot trial]. levada.ru (in Russian). Levada. August 17, 2012. Archived from the original on August 24, 2012. Retrieved October 27, 2012.
  14. ^ Jenn Pellyon (February 6, 2014). "Nadia Tolokonnikova and Masha Alyokhina No Longer Members of Pussy Riot". Pitchfork. Archived from the original on February 7, 2014. Retrieved February 6, 2014.
  15. ^ Miller, Nick (February 20, 2014). "Cossacks wielding whips and pepper spray attack Pussy Riot members in Sochi". The Age. Archived from the original on March 1, 2022. Retrieved February 19, 2014.
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