MOSCOW — Two members of an anti-Kremlin all-girl punk rock band were ordered detained in prison on Wednesday for mounting a protest ‘concert’ in Moscow’s main cathedral, leaping around in brightly coloured masks and brandishing a guitar to recorded music.
Pussy Riot’s performance, posted on the internet, offended Orthodox believers. The arrest of the two women last month on hooliganism charges ignited a fierce debate over the boundaries of protest and state power. A judge declined a request on Wednesday that they be released on bail and ordered them held until April 24.
Pussy Riot, whose members say they draw inspiration from the 1990s U.S. feminist punk groups Riot Grrl and Bikini Kill, are one of the more bizarre groups to emerge at the fore of a nascent protest movement against Vladimir Putin’s 12-year rule.
My view: While the 'concert' itself wasn't a roaring success ..... the bottom line is that if offending people is now punishable by a term in prison ........ then this group would be way down my list behind racists, homophobes and Politicians.
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