Pussy Riot: A Punk Prayer

In the winter of 2011, after a controversial election, Vladimir Putin was reinstalled as president of Russia. In response, hundreds of thousands of citizens rose up all over the country to challenge the legitimacy of Putin’s rule. Among them were a group of young, radical-feminist punk rockers, better known as Pussy Riot. Wearing colored balaclavas, tights, and summer dresses, they entered Moscow’s most venerated cathedral and dared to sing “Mother Mary, Banish Putin!” Now they have become victims of a “show” trial.

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  Mike Lerner
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  Maxim Pozdorovkin

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  Mariya Alyokhina
  Self
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  Yekaterina Samutsevich
  Self
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  Nadezhda Tolokonnikova
  Self
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  Andrey Tolokonnikov
  Self
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  Petr Verzilov
  Self
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  Dmitry Medvedev
  Self (archive footage)
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  Madonna
  Self (archive footage)
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  Stanislav Samutsevich
  Self
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  Natalia Alyokhina
  Self
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  Mark Feygin
  Self
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  Vladimir Putin
  Self (archive footage)
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  Yoko Ono
  Self (archive footage)