• 2 years ago
“I really wish that we could get rid of him earlier, before he had started a war in Europe.”

They’ve been protesting Putin for over a decade. Now they’re raising funds for Ukraine. This is the story of the feminist punk protest group PussyRiot.

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00:00Putin has completely lost it.
00:02I believe that the world has to come together to stop him.
00:06It's been something that I've been working on since 2007.
00:09I spent two years in jail for that.
00:11I've been attacked multiple times.
00:13I've been thrown chemical liquid in my face.
00:15I've been whipped.
00:30It's an external situation for the West.
00:35Now our government is trying to show that it allows people...
01:00...to launch his bid for re-election.
01:25The judge frequently referred to their behaviour as insulting...
01:28...and disrespectful to the Orthodox Church and all of Russia's faithful.
01:32She criticised their short skirts and high kicks...
01:35...and said they were motivated by hatred for religion.
01:38This extraordinary case is now unquestionably...
01:58...the biggest test of freedom of expression Putin has yet faced.
02:02Putin definitely had a direct influence on our sentences.
02:06We were treated as if we killed hundreds of people.
02:37The moment when you accept that you can be arrested...
02:41...it's not scary for you anymore.
03:06Ukraine has become home for a lot of Russians who had to flee...
03:35...from Russia because they were prosecuted by Putin.
03:40And I formed a lot of really intimate ties with many Ukrainian communities...
03:46...artistic communities, political communities.
03:49And I'd say this is my second home.
03:52I believe that crypto is a great tool for organising on a global scale.
03:56Plus it allows you to move money without being sanctioned...
04:01...by governments or corporations.
04:05Ukraine has become home for a lot of Russians who had to flee...
04:08...from Russia because they were prosecuted by Putin.
04:11Plus it allows you to move money without being sanctioned...
04:14...by governments or corporations.
04:16I'm deeply, deeply ashamed of the leader of my country.
04:19And I really wish that we could get rid of him earlier...
04:22...before he started a war in Europe.