Following the announcement on Friday that three members of the Russian punk rock band Pussy Riot have been sentenced to two years in jail for "committing hooliganism driven by religious hatred" and offending religious believers, the band has released a new single entitled "Putin Lights Up the Fires." Read More »
Canadian electro-pop musician Merrill Beth Nisker (better known by her stage name ‘Peaches’), has written a punk rock protest melody for the imprisoned members of the Russian punk rock feminist band Pussy Riot. Although most of the individuals who appear in the video flaunt Pussy Riot’s trademark dayglo balaclavas, there are supposedly a number of appearances by fellow big-name supporters, including the Hives, Nick Zinner of the Yeah Yeah Yeahs, and British singer Kate Nash. Read More »
Pop singer Madonna donned the trademark balaclava worn by punk band Pussy Riot during a concert in Moscow to demand Russia free three group members on trial for bursting into a Russian Orthodox church and singing a protest against Vladimir Putin. Read More »
Prosecutors have asked for a three-year sentence against the three members of the feminist punk rock band Pussy Riot who were charged with hooliganism after promoting an anti-Vladimir Putin riot outside of Moscow's Christ Savior Cathedral. Read More »