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PUSSY RIOT DEMANDS RELEASE OF RUSSIAN OPPOSITION LEADER NAVALNY
We all must put as much pressure as humanly possible on Putin to make sure that he releases all political prisoners. “RAGE” is a part of the campaign for the immediate release of Alexey Navalny, Pussy Riot’s Masha Alekhina, and dozens of others.
“Imagine that Trump stayed in the office for the 2nd time and he jailed AOC and her supporters. What’s happening in Russia is outrageous and unacceptable. Putin must go. He’s one insane, sad, lonely and corrupt man who is dangerous for society.” – Pussy Riot’s Nadya Tolokonnikova
Pussy Riot’s Masha Alekhina is currently under a house arrest for posting on social media about protests in support of Navalny and participating in protests in Moscow, she faces 2 years in jail. On the 28th of January, the court ordered Masha Alekhina to stay under a house arrest until the 23rd of March, alongside with other Navalny’s supporters who were left under a house arrest, Navalny’s brother Oleg Navalny (who already served 3,5 years in jail for a politically motivated case earlier), and politicians Lubov Sobol and Anastasia Vasilyeva.
“RAGE” was filmed in February 2020, and originally it was to be released with Pussy Riot’s debut studio album RAGE later this year. The recent wave of political repressions led to a decision and the urgent need to release the video sooner and dedicate it to all political prisoners in Russia. It’s Pussy Riot’s only weapon against the authoritarian oppressive regime – art. By sharing this video as well, you help us to stand against Putin.
Pussy Riot demands the immediate release of Alexey Navalny, and encourages you to demand it, too.
“RAGE” is co-produced by Grammy-nominated Chris Greatti together with Crazy Demxns, and reflects on what one feels being an enemy of the state and a heretic in their own homeland, about pain and depression it may cause, about jail cells and police batons, and about people finally refusing to obey and expressing their rage at last.
“RAGE” was filmed on the 10th of February 2020 in St. Petersburg. Over 200 LGBTQ+, feminist, anti-authoritarian Russian activists have participated in the shoot. The studio was raided by the police shortly after the team started filming – the video “RAGE” is edited from bits and pieces of what Pussy Riot were able to film before being interrupted. The police cut off the electricity in the building. Police cars blocked the roads around the studio. Tolokonnikova and others were accused by the police of “gay propaganda”. 12 activists, including Tolokonnikova, were detained for 5 hours.
HOW-TO:
PARTICIPATE IN PUSSY RIOT’S CAMPAIGN FOR THE RELEASE
OF POLITICAL PRISONERS IN RUSSIA!
TIME: MONDAY, 1 FEB @ 6pm MSK, 4pm CET, 3 GMT, 10am EST, 7am PST
1. POST A 10-SEC CAMPAIGN CLIP (get clips HERE) OR THIS CAMPAIGN PICTURE
2. USE HASHTAGS: #FreeNavalny #FreePussyRiot #FreePoliticalPrisoners #БЕСИТ
3. ATTACH A LINK TO THE FULL “RAGE” VIDEO: https://youtu.be/ZUiU8QamHi0
4. WRITE IN YOUR OWN WORDS:
I stand with Pussy Riot. Russia will be free.
THANK YOU FOR PARTICIPATING IN PUSSY RIOT’S CAMPAIGN.
ANNOUNCEMENT
On Wednesday February the 3rd, Pussy Riot’s youtube channel will host a conversation on political repressions in Russia between Noam Chomsky, Nadya Tolokonnikova and The University of Underground’s Dr. Nelly Ben Hayoun, details HERE