Pussy Riot (band): Difference between revisions

'''The Incident:''' On February 21, 2012, Pussy Riot performed a minute-long "punk prayer" in  Moscow's Christ the Savior cathedral. They centered the performance at the church's altar because it is "a place where women's entrance is strictly forbidden." Guards forcefully removed the band members from the venue. Just hours later, a video of the performance was uploaded on to Youtube and quickly gained over half a million views. Meanwhile, the Russian Orthodox Church drafts the Special Department on Terrorism to arrest the members of Pussy Riot on charges of hooliganism, which can result in up to seven years in prison. On March 4, Maria Alyokhina and Nadezhda Tolokonnikova -- both activists -- are incarcerated under suspicion of being involved in Pussy Riot; both women refuse to eat or speak. This incarceration violates a Russian law which states that 48 hours is the maximum amount of time a suspect can be held without charges filed beforehand. On March 15, Ekaterina Samutsevic is arrested and the three women are officially charged with "hooliganism." The Russian Orthodox Church issued a statement calling for the "strictest possible measures to be taken" against these "blasphemous women."   

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