Pussy Riot raised the Ukrainian flag at the MeetFactory club in Prague at the end of their concert and invited the crowded hall to support a struggling Ukraine. Appearing from their nearly hour-long performance, they sang a song with the words “Mom, don’t watch TV, there’s no fascists, there’s war, no special operations.”
The main theme of the evening was criticism of the Orthodox Church and President Putin, as well as Alyukhina’s experience in prison in Siberia (illustration image) | Photo: Reuters | Source: Reuters
Then those present indicated that the band’s fees and proceeds from the sale of their promotional materials will go to the renovation of the Kyiv Children’s Hospital. “I took the event as a civic duty,” said Adam Legas, organizer of the Prague concert.
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The performance of the band, known for its provocative civic stances and its criticism of Russian President Vladimir Putin, was reminiscent of a concert given by Pussy Riot’s founding member, Maria Alyokhinova, at the Acropolis Palace three years earlier with an existing project. In her book Riot Days.
The multimedia performance focused on Russian opposition, combined with electronic punk music, and the show called for a daily revolution. The main theme of the evening was criticism of the Orthodox Church and President Putin, as well as Alyokhina’s experience in prison in Siberia. Every reference to Putin elicited a lively reaction from the mostly young audience. The show was accompanied by a video projection with English subtitles.
Anyone can be a naughty pussy
The performance of the four-member team, which lasted for about an hour, provided a tour of the turbulent history of Pussy Riot with a focus on the event held at the Cathedral of Christ the Savior in Moscow. In February 2012, five members of the band shouted the lyrics to the Virgin Mary, expelling Putin from the church. Along with the Russian president, she criticized the head of the Orthodox Church, Patriarch Kirill, who supported Putin’s candidacy for the presidential elections.
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A Moscow court sent Ilyukinova, along with two other members of Pussy Riot, to two years in prison. Yekaterina Samosevicova survived in a satisfactory condition. Alyukhinova and her colleague Nadezhda Tolkonikova were released under a general amnesty when they had a quarter of a year left to serve their entire sentences.
In addition to calls for a change in current Russian politics, visitors to the day’s performance witnessed slogans such as “Everyone can be Pussy Riot,” “We must change Russia,” or “Russia will be free,” smoking cigarettes on stage, a seldom seen today. . During one of the other wilderness shows, the front rows were doused with water from several plastic bottles. In addition to Putin, Kirill, representatives of the court and the police, even Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko was not spared criticism.
Czech President Milos Zeman spoke randomly about Pussy Riot eight years ago, using profanity. Some Czech politicians and public figures responded to this with criticism. “He acted like the typical paternal asshole,” Tolkonikova said of Zeman’s comments, according to Britain’s Guardian newspaper.
