Pussy Riot in Moscow

Seems to be week day for female troubles from the former USSR.  Now a punk band called "Pussy Riot" is protesting Vladamir Putin's reign in Moscow:

Pussy Riot, a feminist punk collective from Moscow, protests through its dissident songs and unsanctioned performances, including a brief unauthorized concert in late January on Red Square.

The group performed a newly penned anti-Kremlin song called “Putin Got Scared,” complete with colored smoke bombs and a purple feminist flag. The performers were arrested and held for about five hours in a police precinct.

Two members were fined 500 rubles ($17) each, and all of them were charged with holding an unauthorized rally.

“Red Square is symbolically the main place in the country. We believe that it is the place that should be occupied to achieve a real political change. It’s the equivalent of Tahrir for Russia,” Pussy Riot said in an e-mail interview this week, comparing the site to the Cairo square where Egyptians gathered to protest in January 2011.

A taste of Pussy Riot...



While I admire their spirit, the music doesn't do that much for me.