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Pussy Riot is a Russian feminist punk-rock collective that stages politically provocative impromptu performances in Moscow, on subjects such as the status of women in Russia, and most recently against the election campaign of Prime Minister Putin for president of Russia.
Performances and influences
Their usual costume is brightly-colored dresses and tights, even in bitterly cold weather, with their faces masked by balaclavas, both while performing and giving interviews, for which they always use pseudonyms.
The collective is made up of about 10 performers, and about 15 people
who handle the technical work of shooting and editing their videos,
which are posted to the Internet. The group cites punk rock and Oi!Angelic Upstarts, Cockney Rejects, Sham 69, Era and The 4-Skins as their most important musical inspiration.
The band also mentions American punk rock band Bikini Kill and the Riot grrrl movement of the 1990s as an inspiration in an interview by The St. Petersburg Times.
“What we have in common is impudence, politically loaded lyrics, the
importance of feminist discourse and a non-standard female image,”
Pussy Riot said.
Altar protest
On February 21, 2012, as a part of a protest movement against Vladimir Putin, Pussy Riot performed a punk rock song in the Cathedral of Christ the Saviour of the Russian Orthodox Church in Moscow.
The song was performed in the Altar, which in Orthodox churches is a segregated, most sacred area in the church, where only members of the priesthood are allowed. In the song, the group prayed to the “Theotokos” (Mother of God, i.e. the Virgin Mary) (rus. Bogoroditsa) to “chase Putin out”. The words of the final Christian liturgical hymn “Sanctus”
(“holy, holy, holy, Lord God”) were changed by Pussy Riot to “shit,
shit, shit of Lord God” and the patriarch in the song was called a
bitch (rus. suka).
Arrest and prosecution
On
March 3 Maria Alyokhina and Nadezhda Tolokonnikova, two alleged members
of Pussy Riot, were arrested by Russian authorities and accused of “hooliganism”. Both arrested women at first denied being members of the group and started a hunger strike in protest against being held in jail away from their young children until their case comes to trial in April.
On March 16 another woman, Ekaterina Samutsevitch, who had earlier been
questioned as a witness in this case, was similarly arrested and
charged.
On June 4 the group was presented with formal charges on an indictment 2,800 pages long. On July 4 they were suddenly informed that they would have to finish preparing their defense by July 9. They announced a hunger strike in response, saying that two working days was inadequate time for preparations for a trial defense. On July 21 the court extended their pre-trial detention by another six months.
All three members of Pussy Riot are recognized as political prisoners by the Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners (SPP). Amnesty International named them prisoners of conscience due to “the severity of the response of the Russian authorities”.
Some prominently expressed opinions in Russia have been much
harsher. Speaking at a liturgy in Moscow’s Deposition of the Robe
Cathedral on March 21, the Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia Kirill I
condemned Pussy Riot’s actions as “blasphemous” saying that the “Devil
has laughed at all of us ... We have no future if we allow mocking in
front of great shrines, and if some see such mocking as some sort of
valour, as an expression of political protest, as an acceptable action
or a harmless joke.”Meanwhile, several thousands of Orthodox and Catholic believers, the
believers of other religions and atheists signed a petition to
Patriarch Kirill, begging the head of the Russian Orthodox Church to
stand up for the girls. Singer Alla Pugachyova appealed on the women's behalf, stating that they should be ordered to perform community service rather than be imprisoned. According to BBC correspondent, Daniel Sandford, “Their treatment has caused deep disquiet among many Russians, who feel the women are – to coin a phrase from the 1967 trial of members of the Rolling Stones – butterflies being broken on a wheel.”
By late June 2012, growing disquiet over the trio’s detention
without setting a trial date and concern over what was regarded as
excessive and arbitrary treatment, led to the drawing up of an open
letter. It was signed by leading oppositional figures as well as
director Fyodor Bondarchuk, a supporter of Putin, and actors Chulpan Khamatova and Yevgeny Mironov, both of whom had appeared in videos for Putin’s re-election campaign.
In July 2012, sociologist Alek D. Epstein
published a compilation of artistic works by various Russian artists
entitled “Art on the barricades: Pussy Riot, the Bus Exhibit and the
protest art-activism” in support of the trio.
The trial of the three women started in Moscow on July 30. Charged
with “hooliganism motivated by religious hatred or hostility”, they
face possible sentences of up to seven years imprisonment. In
early July, a poll conducted in Moscow found that half of the
respondents oppose the trial while 36 percent support it. The rest were
undecided. The defendants pleaded not guilty, insisting that they had not meant their protest to be offensive.
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Penangkapan dan penuntutan
Pengadilan Rusia, hari Rabu (14/03) memerintahkan
agar dua musisi punk rock perempuan tetap ditahan karena menggelar
pertunjukan di dalam gereja.
Dua
personel band Pussy Riot, yakni Nadezhda Tolokonnikova dan Maria
Alekhina kini menghadapi ancaman hukuman tujuh tahun penjara.
21 Februari lalu, lima personel Pussy Riot merebut microphone
altar gereja pusat Kristus Sang Penyelamat di ibukota Moskow, yang
terkenal sebagai tempat ibadah yang sering dikunjungi para pejabat
Rusia. Mereka lantas menyanyikan lagu berjudul “Doa para punker” yang
liriknya berisi “Bunda Maria… bawa Putin pergi”.
Dalam waktu kurang dari semenit, personil band itu langsung
dikelilingi aparat keamanan. Dua dari lima personal Pussy Riot ditahan
dan kini menghadapi ancaman hukuman dengan dakwaan melakukan
“hooliganisme” di dalam gereja.
Vladimir Putin, yang baru saja terpilih sebagai presiden untuk
ketiga kalinya dalam Pemilu 4 Maret lalu, menggambarkan pertunjukan itu
sebagai sesuatu yang tidak menyenangkan bagi semua pemeluk kepercayaan,
sambil menyampaikan harapan agar kejadian serupa tidak terulang.
Gereja Orthodoks Rusia mengatakan, dua perempuan itu pantas diadili
atas tuduhan menghina agama, meski ribuan pemeluk kepercayaan di Rusia
telah menandatangani petisi untuk mendesak gereja agar memaafkan mereka.
Pengadilan Rusia mengatakan, kedua punk rocker perempuan itu akan
tetap ditahan, dan menyatakan bahwa personel band lainnya yang
melakukan pertunjukan di dalam gereja juga telah diidentifikasi dan
akan ditangkap.
Band punk rock Pussy Riot menjadi terkenal di Rusia, saat
menyanyikan lagu anti presiden Putin di Lapangan Merah pada awal tahun
lalu. Video pertunjukkan yang diunggah di internet itu, menjadi sangat
terkenal di Rusia.
Band punk rock perempuan ini juga sering melakukan pertunjukkan di
tempat umum seperti kereta bawah tanah. Mereka biasanya tampil dengan
rok mini serta ciri khas masker ski warna cerah buatan sendiri untuk
menyembunyikan identitas mereka.
Web: http://freepussyriot.org/
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