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"A Pussy Rioter's riveting, hallucinatory account of her years in Russia's criminal system and of finding power in the most powerless of situations. In February 2012, after smuggling an electric guitar into Moscow's iconic central cathedral, Maria Alyokhina and other members of the radical collective Pussy Riot performed a provocative 'Punk Prayer,' taking on the Orthodox church and its support for Vladimir Putin's authoritarian regime. For this, they were charged with 'organized hooliganism' and were tried while confined in a cage and guarded by Rottweilers. That trial and Alyokhina's…
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1 edition- Other · English · 2017Metropolitan Books, Henry Holt and Company · 195 pages · 9781250164926
Protest movementsTrials, litigationPussy Riot (Musical group)Punk rock musiciansImprisonmentPolitical activityHistoryWomen, political activity