John Lennon's widow Yoko Ono has awarded legendary Pussy Riot this year's LennonOno Grant for Peace. Ono said: I thank Pussy Riot in standing firmly in their belief for freedom of expression and making all women of the world proud to be women. It's a terrible thing that all three girls have been jailed for not doing anything wrong. They were just standing for freedom of speech. http://venitism.blogspot.com
The LennonOno Grant for Peace is given every two years to honor John Lennon's dedication to peace and human rights. In the presence of many celebrities, such as Sting and Madonna, Pyotr Verzilov, Nadezhda Tolokonnikova's husband, accepted the award on the group's behalf. He traveled to New York with their four-year-old daughter. Verzilov said: It's an incredible honor to receive this award from Yoko Ono. It's incredible to see the people around the world go out and voice their support.
While in New York, Verzilov also met with Burmese hero Aung San Suu Kyi, who said: Pussy Riot heroines should be released as soon as possible. I don't see why people shouldn't sing whatever it is that they want to sing. There's nothing wrong with singing. I think the only reason why people should not sing is if what they are saying is deliberately insulting, or they sing terribly. That would be the best reason for not singing at all.
Heroin sniffers sniff heroines! Cock Riot and Pussy Riot lock horns! Putin, Kirill, and misogynist gay bishops, Cock Riot, managed to imprison for two years the female punk rock group Pussy Riot who held an impromptu concert inside Moscow's golden cathedral in February as part of a protest against the church's political ties. In the song, the Russian heroines prayed to Madonna to chase Putin out of Russia!
The heroines of Pussy Riot have received a two-year sentence in a labor camp. It is carried out in the name of Christianity, but the girls did not desecrate any icons and they did not destroy anything. It reminds Navalny of the Inquisition during the Middle Ages. Navalny is standing up for Pussy Riot. He cannot do otherwise. He is concerned with protecting the legal system. The girls have merely committed a minor offense, not a crime. They present no danger to society.
The Pussy Riot imprisonment for two years has brought a huge backlash with myriad attacks on churches, crucifixes, icons, and other idols of Christianity all over the world. Anna Gutsol, leader of legendary Femen chainsawed a famous crucifix in Kiev. Many crosses have been chopped down all over the world. There is an Armageddon between women and evil bishops. http://venitism.blogspot.com
Alexei Navalny points out Putin sees the women as a threat, but he has miscalculated. Pussy Riot only became a threat thanks to him. It was initially only a moderately successful performance that received far less of a response than the brilliant action on Red Square. At the time, Pussy Riot called Putin a coward. Then, two of the three activists were arrested shortly before the presidential election.
Navalny muses that when men are arrested without any legal basis and for political reasons, it's merely a routine, everyday occurrence in Russia, and hardly anyone has any sympathy. But until recently, everyone deluded themselves into thinking that the Kremlin wouldn't dare put women behind bars. The women from Pussy Riot have become symbols partly because this cliche has been shattered.
Navalny states the Kremlin used the performance in the church to take revenge for the appearance on Red Square. Furthermore, it succeeded in taking the conflict between the government and the opposition movement and obscuring it behind the confrontation between the Church and the opposition. The idea was for the patriarch to stand in the crossfire, not Putin. That's why photos also appeared in the press of the patriarch wearing an expensive watch, instead of pictures of Putin's palaces.
Medvedev will remain in office. Navalny doesn't know why, but Putin has made a ritual out of humiliating Medvedev. Sometimes Navalny even feel sorry for the prime minister. Putin has reversed all the liberalizing reforms carried out by his predecessor. The fact that the political climate has grown harsher is something Navalny even notices in his daily work as a legal representative of minority shareholders in large, state-owned companies. You can't fight Putin with elections because he controls them. That's why demonstrations are the most effective approach. Unfortunately Russia has sunk to this primitive level.
Pussy Riot leader Nadezhda Tolokonnikova regrets nothing. She thinks the trial against Pussy Riot was important, because it showed the true face of czar Putin's system. This system delivered a verdict on itself, by sentencing Pussy Riot to two years in prison although Pussy Riot committed no crime. The criminal trial is Putin's personal revenge, and no one can predict how and when an authoritarian system will apply revenge.
Tolokonnikova points out Putin's omnipotence is an illusion. That it's not a limitless thing is just as obvious as the fact that his propaganda machine exaggerates the president's power. Putin is dependent on the West roughly to the same degree that the West has an interest in exaggerating his power. In reality, Putin is small and pitiful. You can see that in his actions both as a person and as a politician.
Tolokonnikova notes the trial against Pussy Riot revealed the regime's repressive character. Putin's system is collapsing. It's not suited for the 21st century; it's more like something out of tribal societies and dictatorial regimes of the past. It's incapable of explaining why three political activists have to be thrown into prison just because they used the Cathedral of Christ the Savior as the location for a video performance and uttered a few powerful words against the system.
Tolokonnikova muses the overwhelming reaction to what Pussy Riot did was a pleasant surprise. The government's reaction to the Pussy Riot performance was to be expected, since after all we're dealing with an authoritarian system. But Tolokonnikova has been pleased with the support from friends and other like-minded supporters, despite the threat of years in prison that she is facing. Tolokonnikova declares the Pussy Riot fight for its ideas and values will continue. http://venitism.blogspot.com
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