I haven't been online for plenty of month, but i thought i need to share my opinion what happened recently in Russia.

There is a girlie punk band that recently performed for a few seconds in a russian church, praying that Putin, the president, should go away.

They now have to be in prison for 2 years, which might be in Russia even more brute than in western countries.

Putin said, there should be mild judgement. It was not which was announced today.

It is so assuming that he wants to play the gentlemen role to free them earlier. This stupid dictator is so predictable.
Anyway currently have to face prison for another 1.5 years.

I wish Russia to get a free of any dictatorship! Good luck to the people in Russia who work on it!

I hope that they will make it through the years without any psychosis, which will be difficult, I guess. But I am expecting that Mr. Putin will order to treat them well, because he knows that they could take revenge after their release. They are “cult” and they will hopefully make their way to continue their subversively acts (in the abroad, I guess). And yes, Putin is really stupid, because he really seems to think that he has “won”, but in reality more and more people look down to him and as a narcissistic and dictatorial person. Let’ s hope that Pussy Riot will be as motivated as they are now, after their release in two years! That would surely change a lot …

Attached you will find short videos (unfortunatly only in german language):

http://www.heute.de/ZDF/zdfportal/web ... ls-Rowdys-verurteilt.html

The second video shows Vladimir Kaminer, a russian author (which I adore). He is dissapointed as well and says that "all has not been said and done".

Heather's comment on this (via twitter):

heather nova ‏@nova_says
2 years in prison for speaking/singing your mind?? #pussyriot the rest of the world is on your side.

Freedom of speech ? Russia is not a 'modern' country it seems. Very sad !

Excuse me, but, Pussy Riot,...

It's some.... shit... No?

Not while people like Putin are in power...

For years, playing rock'n'roll in Eastern Europe was virtually illegal.... The Plastic People of the Universe, Mikolas Chadima and all his projects to name two, who had to essentially go "underground" to have their voices and creative potential nurtured.

What a weird world we inhabit, when a significant number of people can't go about their lives in the way they wish to, by expressing themselves creatively...