Madonna declared her support and love for Pussy Riot, whose members are currently on a religulous trial in a Moscow kangaroo court. Madonna took the Moscow stage with the Like a Virgin hit and a Pussy Riot inscription on her back. In the middle of her Tuesday performance in Moscow's Olympiysky Center, Madonna gave a long speech calling for the three heroines to be set free. http://venitism.blogspot.com
Madonna said Nadezhda Tolokonnikova, 22, Maria Alyokhina, 24, and Ekaterina Samutsevich, 29, were paying too high a price for what they had done and that she hoped they would be set free. She declared she wants peace, freedom and talent to reign in the world. The audience met her speech with wild applause.
Madonna says: I am against censorship and throughout my whole career I've always promoted freedom of expression, freedom of speech. So obviously, I think that what happened to Pussy Riot is unfair. I hope they do not have to serve years in jail. That would be a tragedy. I think art should be political. Historically speaking, art always reflects what's going on socially. So for me, it's hard to separate the idea of being an artist and being political.
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!
The arrests of Pussy Riot 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 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.
The case has caused a global outcry and many international musicians, including Madonna, Sting, and Red Hot Chili Peppers, have appealed for leniency. 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
The kangaroo court is being very one-sided, slanted towards the prosecution, which is motivated exclusively by political bias. The women look thinner and paler than they did when they were jailed. The heroines declare they were protesting against Kirill's political support for Putin and had no animosity towards the church or the faithful.
Amnesty International asserts Pussy Riot heroines must be released immediately and that the prison terms they face if convicted are wildly out of all proportion. They dared to attack the two pillars of the modern Russian establishment, the Kremlin and the Orthodox Church. http://venitism.blogspot.com
