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„RIOT DAYS 2025“
The political situation in Russia in 2022 has become increasingly restrictive and it is therefore important to give a voice to the protest of the PUSY RIOT collective, especially abroad. National critical media are banned, FB and IG have been closed in Russia, protest with only the book “War and Peace” in hand leads to a four-week prison sentence. Stalinist methods have found their way into Russia and for many critical voices the only option is to flee or go to prison.
A radical new vision for 2025
Maria Alyokhina and Alexander Cheparukhin are working on a bold new version of “Riot Days”, which is about Maria's personal journey after her release from Russian prison in 2022:
- Pussy Riot's protests, including their clash with Cossacks during the 2014 Sochi Olympics
- Attacks by pro-Kremlin groups
- The heroic story of Alexey Navalny, his arrest, detention and murder in prison
- Maria's multiple arrests
- Putin's invasion of Ukraine
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Pussy Riot Theatre Performances Biography
This side is created for the Pussy Riot performances of "Riot Days" in Europe and will feature the local concerts:
PUSSY RIOT is a Russian a protest art collective based in Moscow and now spread all over Europe. Founded in March 2011, it had a variable membership of approximately 11 women. The group staged unauthorised provocative guerrilla punk rock performances in unusual public places, which were made into music videos and posted on the Internet. The collective's lyrical themes included feminism, LGBT rights, and opposition to Russian President Vladimir Putin, whom the group considered to be a dictator. These themes also encompassed Putin's links to the leadership of the Russian Orthodox Church.
They gained global notoriety when five members of the group staged a performance inside Moscow's Cathedral of Christ the Savior in 2012. The group's actions were regarded sacrilegious by the Orthodox clergy and eventually stopped by church security officials. The women said their protest was directed at the Orthodox Church leaders' support for Putin during his election campaign. On March, 2012, three of the group members, Nadezhda Tolokonnikova, Maria Alyokhina, and Yekaterina Samutsevich were arrested and charged with hooliganism. On August 17, 2012, the three members were convicted of "hooliganism motivated by religious hatred", and each was sentenced to two years' imprisonment. On October 10, following an appeal, Samutsevich was freed on probation and her sentence suspended. The sentences of the other two women were upheld.
The trial and sentence attracted considerable attention and criticism, particularly in the West. The case was adopted by human-rights groups, including Amnesty International, which designated the women as prisoners of conscience, and by a number of prominent entertainers. Having served 21 months, Tolokonnikova and Alyokhina were released on December 23, 2013, after the State Duma (Russian Parliament) approved an amnesty. After their release, Tolokonnikova and Alyokhina and several other members performed as Pussy Riot during the Winter Olympics in Sochi, where they were attacked with whips and pepper spray by Cossacks who were employed as security guards.
In 2014-2016 Pussy Riot (Alyokhina and Tolokonninkova - together or separately, with different line-ups), recorded and released several videos: "Putin Will Teach You To Love The Motherland", "I Can't Breathe" (named for the last words that Eric Garner said as New York City Police held him to the ground in a chokehold), "Chaika", "Organs", "Make America Great Again".
Since 2019 the show "Riot Days" performs all around the world
Read MorePUSSY RIOT is a Russian a protest art collective based in Moscow and now spread all over Europe. Founded in March 2011, it had a variable membership of approximately 11 women. The group staged unauthorised provocative guerrilla punk rock performances in unusual public places, which were made into music videos and posted on the Internet. The collective's lyrical themes included feminism, LGBT rights, and opposition to Russian President Vladimir Putin, whom the group considered to be a dictator. These themes also encompassed Putin's links to the leadership of the Russian Orthodox Church.
They gained global notoriety when five members of the group staged a performance inside Moscow's Cathedral of Christ the Savior in 2012. The group's actions were regarded sacrilegious by the Orthodox clergy and eventually stopped by church security officials. The women said their protest was directed at the Orthodox Church leaders' support for Putin during his election campaign. On March, 2012, three of the group members, Nadezhda Tolokonnikova, Maria Alyokhina, and Yekaterina Samutsevich were arrested and charged with hooliganism. On August 17, 2012, the three members were convicted of "hooliganism motivated by religious hatred", and each was sentenced to two years' imprisonment. On October 10, following an appeal, Samutsevich was freed on probation and her sentence suspended. The sentences of the other two women were upheld.
The trial and sentence attracted considerable attention and criticism, particularly in the West. The case was adopted by human-rights groups, including Amnesty International, which designated the women as prisoners of conscience, and by a number of prominent entertainers. Having served 21 months, Tolokonnikova and Alyokhina were released on December 23, 2013, after the State Duma (Russian Parliament) approved an amnesty. After their release, Tolokonnikova and Alyokhina and several other members performed as Pussy Riot during the Winter Olympics in Sochi, where they were attacked with whips and pepper spray by Cossacks who were employed as security guards.
In 2014-2016 Pussy Riot (Alyokhina and Tolokonninkova - together or separately, with different line-ups), recorded and released several videos: "Putin Will Teach You To Love The Motherland", "I Can't Breathe" (named for the last words that Eric Garner said as New York City Police held him to the ground in a chokehold), "Chaika", "Organs", "Make America Great Again".
Since 2019 the show "Riot Days" performs all around the world
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