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Gay Nyet

August 27, 2013 – 7:55 pm

The 1932 Russian criminal code condemned “muzhelozhstvo” or men lying with men as a criminal act punishable by exile to Siberia for up to 5 years. The police rarely arrested men for this crime against nature, since the hunger that dare not speak its name was reserved for the upper classes of Tsarist Russia, however […]

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Pussy Rioter’s Final Statement

August 10, 2012 – 10:14 am

Yekaterina Samutsevich: Closing Statement at the Pussy Riot Trial During the closing statement, the defendant is expected to repent or express regret for her deeds, or to enumerate attenuating circumstances. In my case, as in the case of my colleagues in the group, this is completely unnecessary. Instead, I want to express my views about […]

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Pussy Riot Freedom

August 9, 2012 – 12:15 pm

Show trial in the USSR were an integral instrument of Stalin’s oppressive regime and the practice has been revived in Vladimir Putin’s Russia to stifle any and all demonstrations against his rule. Last February three members of the punk group Pussy Riot entered Moscow’s Russian Orthodox Cathedral of Christ to perform PRAYER beseeching the Mother […]

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The Surrender Army

May 7, 2011 – 11:11 pm

Back in the ever-distant last century the West confronted the Evil Empire of the USSR. Nuclear missiles were aimed at capitol cities, tanks were poised on the border, and armies ready armed for invasion. It was the time of the $4000 Pentagon Hammer and the $20,000 Air Force toilet. I proposed another secret weapon. The […]

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