Pussy Riot VS Vladimir Putin
By now, you would have heard that notorious troublemakers, Pussy Riot, have been sent to jail by notorious lover of democracy, Vladimir Putin.
One-nil to Vlad, surely? Of course, Pussy Riot are claiming victory because they’ve raised international awareness of Putin’s Russia’s attitude to free speech, and spoken out against the patriarchy of the church. I don’t know much about Patriarch Kiril of the Russian Orthodox Church, who was the subject of the naughty song they sang when they stormed into the Christ The Saviour Cathedral, mid-service, but Pussy Riot do not like him at all.
It’s a beef into which various celebrities have plunged their oars, with very mixed results. Bjork is behind them. Win. Madonna has spoken for them. Lose. Paul McCartney has come forward, too. Probably a draw. Yet strangely no one worth knowing has yet come forward to support Putin’s continued iron grip on the country.
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