En sammanfattning från Forbes Magazine;
When a covey of young Russian women, in skimpy colorful dresses and bright tights – a punk band with the feministic name “Pussy Riot” – showed up at the Christ the Savior cathedral in Moscow and for less than a minute sang a prayer “Virgin Mary, Mother of God, help us and chase Putin away” they probably didn’t know that the Church, with all its power and ties to Putin’s government, wouldn’t take it lightly and initiate a criminal case against them.
The Russian Orthodox church arranged to have three girls, two of whom are the mothers of small children, arrested in March and are detained still, facing up to seven years in prison for “hooliganism.” The young mothers, reportedly, have been threatened to lose custody of their children.
The feminist band, Pussy Riot, used the idea of peaceful performances in public places to empower women in Russia and, right before the presidential elections in February, participated in anti-Putin protests. The anti-Putin prayer in the church might’ve looked extreme to many faithful people but in light of the situation, when people’s voices are not heard and requests for fair elections are ignored, stepping outside of the boundaries of normality is sometimes the only thing that’s left to do. Hela artikeln här.
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