We Are Pussy Riot or Everything Is P.R.

Download or read book We Are Pussy Riot or Everything Is P.R. written by Barbara Hammond and published by Dramatists Play Service, Inc.. This book was released on 2020 with total page 84 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In February 2012, five young women walked into the Cathedral of Christ the Saviour in Moscow to protest the illegal presidential election in Russia. The young activists, who called themselves Pussy Riot, offered up a 48-second punk prayer, shouting, “Virgin Mary, chase Putin away!” before being dragged out of the church by security. After uploading a video of the performance onto YouTube, the women of Pussy Riot were arrested as enemies of church and state. But when Western media reclaimed the story, Pussy Riot’s protest became the greatest piece of performance art in Russian history. This is their story.