Once a powerful oil tycoon and Russia's wealthiest man, Mikhail Khodorkovsky ran foul of the Kremlin after funding opposition groups and condemning high level corruption. He remains in prison on politically motivated charges of tax fraud and theft. Khodorkovsky, who was tried in the same Moscow courtroom as Pussy Riot, calls for leniency because of their age and the way in which they were being treated brought shame on Russia. http://venitism.blogspot.com
Khodorkovsky says: It's painful to follow events in Moscow's Khamovnichesky court where Masha, Katya and Nadya are being tried. The word "tried" can be used here only in the sense in which it was used by medieval inquisitors. The mistakes of radicalism can be excused by youth. I call on all thinking, educated and simply good and kind people to send words of hope to the girls.
Drawing on his own experiences, Khodorkovsky says: Defendants in such a high-profile case are woken before breakfast and shuttled to court at the crack of dawn. During an 11-hour day locked in a glass and metal courtroom cage known as the aquarium, instant noodles are the only food served. I know what the aquarium in courtroom number seven is. They made it specially for us. You feel like a tropical fish. It's hot. The air conditioning doesn't circulate through the glass. After a court session lasting late into evening, the women would arrive back at their cells after dinner and probably only have time to sleep about three hours before being woken for the next day of the trial. The only time to shower is on Saturday. I don't know how the girls can endure it. The judge of course knows about this regime. Is this torture?
Jesus taught forgiveness, but Kirill teaches revenge. Kirill wants to crucify Pussy Riot! With a patriarch like that, who needs devil? Shame on you cruel Kirill, and shame on you Putin for encouraging this tragicomedy. We hold Kirill and Putin responsible for the lives of Pussy Riot heroines. http://venitism.blogspot.com
Heroin sniffers sniff heroines! Cock Riot and Pussy Riot lock horns! Misogynist gay bishops, Cock Riot, managed to imprison the female punk rock group Pussy Riot who held an impromptu concert inside Moscow's golden cathedral in February as part of a protest against the church's political ties. In the song, the Russian heroines prayed to the Holy Mother Blessed Virgin to chase Putin out!
Maria Alyokhina, Nadezhda Tolokonnikova, and Irina Loktina were arrested by Russian authorities and accused of hooliganism, for which they face up to seven years in prison. Their arrest is illegal, as there is no material damage, no vandalism, and no health damage to anyone. The arrested heroines are treated like animals, starved and dehydrated, and kept away from their young children. They are considered prisoners of conscience by Amnesty International and other leading human rights activists in Russia and abroad.
The arrests of the three heroines triggered an emotional public discussion about the Orthodox Church's relationship with Russian authorities and society. Putin has been preventing activists from protesting against Pussy Riot arrests. The Church, led by bloody patriarch Kirill, who publicly supports Putin, performs public prayers against the Pussy Riot blasphemers! Kirill's support of the Pussy Riot prosecution has alienated many religious Russians, who have petitioned for the release of the women.
The three heroines are dragged to court every day being exhausted, sleepy, hungry, dehydrated, and drugged, listening to a sequence of religulous perjurers. Proceedings are frequently interrupted to allow the light-complexion Alekhina to be given treatment after declines in her blood sugar levels. Alekhina is a vegan and needs a special diet. Alekhina is very weak, and she lives a real hell in this tragicomedy. What kind of men are Kirill and Putin to torture a very weak girl in such inhumane way. Shame, shame, shame on you, Kirill and Putin! Civil society will never forgive you for this monstrosity. We will hold Kirill and Putin responsible, if Alekhina died.
The three heroines have been subjected to a torture since the start of their trial. The girls are woken at 5am, held in a one square meter unventilated room where they faint, after which they are taken to the kangaroo court. They are not fed, and court sessions last up to a dozen hours, during which they are only given twenty minutes for a small snack of dry rations. They are denied water, in order not to use the toilet! They are then taken back to jail after midnight. They are also denied an evening meal and can only sleep for small number of hours. They might be drugged and poisoned with pathogenic viruses, carcinogenic substances, and radioactive plutonium. http://venitism.blogspot.com
