Two wanted Pussy Riot members flee Russia to recruit foreign feminists

Published time: August 26, 2012 15:06
Edited time: August 27, 2012 16:52
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Two members of the controversial band Pussy Riot who are wanted by the authorities over their notorious “Punk Prayer” stunt have managed to slip from Russia and are planning to recruit more feminists for their future performances.

­“We want to disappoint Kremlin bastards: 2 women have left the country because of the dangers, but there are at least 12 members of Pussy Riot who remain in Russia,” said a statement on the group’s Twitter account.

Another tweet reported that those fleeing the country are to recruit foreign feminists for staging new events.

The messages did not disclose the names of the two who left the country, nor did it specify to what country they traveled.

Pussy Riot lawyer Nikolay Polozov could not confirm the information, saying he knows nothing about the matter.

A Moscow court recently sentenced three members of Pussy Riot to two years in prison on charges of hooliganism motivated by religious hatred for their performance in the Christ the Savior Cathedral.

Five women took part in the so-called “Punk Prayer,” but the police investigation only revealed the identities of three members, Nadezhda Tolokonnikova, Maria Alyokhina and Ekaterina Samutsevich.

The Pussy Riot trial sparked controversy in Russia and abroad. Many public figures, including Madonna and Bjork, sent messages of support to the convicted Pussy Riot girls. The detained members also received the strong support from the general public, with many demonstrations staged throughout the world.

The feminist punk band was founded in 2011. In their blog, the activists stress that the band is not tied to particular persons and they have no leaders, assuring that they will be happy to see new members.

Meanwhile the band has already gained some followers abroad. Three German Pussy Riot copycats face up to three years in prison for staging a similar performance in a Catholic cathedral in the city of Cologne.

Comments (56)

yuri plagiarist (unregistered) 21.09.2012 13:11

It's just the distillation of feminism on the sexual level, really. Second wave feminism was mostly based on and constructed around the pill, and separating sexuality from reproduction. Therefore it follows, according to the logic of feminism, that sexuality becomes about pure pleasure -- pleasing oneself. That approach to sexuality leads directly to slvttiness, because the main "check" on slvtty behavior and appearance is the connection between sex and reproduction (or the future prospects thereof). In a world where reproduction is severed from sex, women are "freed up" to behave like hypergamous slvts, if they choose to, and all too many will choose to do so because it pleases them to do so. Seen this way, it's perfectly logical for these feminist women to be protesting for their right to be slvts without criticism, because it's the sine qua non of feminist sexual life.Of course, we haven't completely severed sex and reproduction. Hence the need for abortion on demand without questions or restrictions as a main feminist plank as well. But  the perfect feminist is not a mother, but a slvt who behaves essentially like an unpaid prostitute

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maindawg (unregistered) 30.08.2012 23:10

They have the right to speak. They have the right to express their opinions. In civilization, they have these rights. These women feel very strongly that they are being denied the right to speak and so they have taken that authority upon themselves.They speak for you and they speak for me. they are defending our rights to speak also. They are very brave. They will one day face the wrath of the proletariant They will one day have to anwer to an un fair process and suffer those demands. For now they are warriors. They will always be heros.

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MIKE_USA (unregistered) 28.08.2012 23:12

@Fredka

You'r e an idi0t. These girls wouldn't even be a news story in USA because no one would care.

There's a video of a woman walking topless (nipples exposed) into a church in New York and no one cared. She only got a small fine. In Europe or Russia, she would be arrested for "religious hatred".

Euro pe = too religious and uptight

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