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Pussy Riot was a Russian feminist punk rock group founded in 2011 consisting of 11 women who performed politically charged songs in public locations criticizing Putin and the Russian Orthodox Church. In February 2012, they performed a "punk prayer" at Moscow's Christ the Savior Cathedral calling for the Virgin Mary to remove Putin, which caused a strong backlash from the church and community. In March 2012, three members were charged with hooliganism motivated by religious hatred and sentenced to two years in prison, generating both controversy and Western support for their activism while in Russia they remained controversial figures.
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- 1. P*SSY RIOT Mikhnevich A. OsipyanM. Anokhina M.
- 2. WHO? RUSSIAN REBELFEMINIST PUNK GROUP • Founded in 2011 • Had a variable membership of 11 women • Performances in unusual public locations • Lyrical themes of feminism, LGBT rights and opposition to Putin’s dictatorship and his links with Orthodox Church
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- 4. HOW AND WHEN? October-November2011 Series of street performances in the Moscow Metro stations, on top of the trolleybuses. Pussy Riot called it a tour to support their new album “Kill the sexist”. 1 December 2011 Video clip “Kropotkin-Vodka” is announced “for the election” in State Duma 14 December 2011 A song “Death to prison, freedom to protest” is performed 20 January 2012 Improvised concert on the Place of Execution with the song “Rebel in Russia – Putin pissed his pants”. They were fined 500 rub. for violation of the rules of pickets and meetings 21 February 2012 Scandalous performance of the band at Christ the Savior Cathedral of “Mother of God, Blessed Virgin, drive out Putin!”
- 5. WHAT’S NEXT? "Punk prayer" hascaused a strong reaction from the church and community. March 12 it was formally charged with hooliganism committed by a group of people motivated by religious hatred.
- 6. TWO YEARS OFARREST FOR TOLOKONNIKOVA AND ALEKHINA
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- 9. WESTERN SUPPORT OR CASHING UPON THE BRAND?
- 11. A CHANCE TOCASH IN ON FAME "We've always said our band would never be commercial. To an extent it was created to fight commercialism." Yekaterina Samutsevich "Over the next two years the brand could feasibly generate over $3 million in gross revenue, with a net income of around $2-2.5 million“ Kevin Drost, engagement manager for marketing consultancy Prophet Brand Strategy
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