Enkele leden van ’s werelds enige echte punkband/actiegroep Pussy Riot hebben gisteren tijdens de finale van het WK voetbal het veld bestormd. Op Facebook legt de groep uit waarom:
NEWS FLASH! Just a few minutes ago four Pussy Riot members performed in the FIFA World Cup final match — ”Policeman enters the Game”
Today is 11 years since the death of the great Russian poet, Dmitriy Prigov. Prigov created an image of a policeman, a carrier of the heavenly nationhood, in the russian culture.
The heavenly policeman, according to Prigov, talks on the two-way with the God Himself. The earthly policeman gets ready to disperse rallies. The heavenly policeman gently touches a flower in a field and enjoys Russian football team victories, while the earthly policeman feels indifferent to Oleg Sentsov’s hunger strike. The heavenly policeman rises as an example of the nationhood, the earthly policeman hurts everyone.
The heavenly policeman protects baby’s sleep, the earthly policeman persecutes political prisoners, imprisons people for “reposts” and “likes”.
The heavenly policeman is the organizer of this World Cup’s beautiful carnival, the earthy policeman is afraid of the celebration. The heavenly policeman carefully watches for obeying the game rules, the earthly policeman enters the game not caring about the rules.
The FIFA World Cup has reminded us of the possibilities of the heavenly policeman in the Great Russia of the future, but the earthly policeman, entering the ruleless game breaks our world apart.
When the earthly policeman enters the game, we demand to:
1. Let all political prisoners free.
2. Not imprison for “likes”.
3. Stop Illegal arrests on rallies.
4. Allow political competition in the country.
5. Not fabricate criminal accusations and not keep people in jails for no reason.
6. Turn the earthly policeman into the heavenly policeman.
De eerste video werd op aandrang van de FIFA(!) door Youtube verwijderd. Inmiddels heeft de groep een nieuwe video op de Jijbuis gezet:
In Rusland kun je bij dergelijke acties op flinke sancties rekenen. De bij de actie betrokken leden van Pussy Riot brachten de nacht door op het politiebureau, een advocaat mochten ze niet spreken:
Updates on The Football Field Action.
1. Four Pussy Riot members spent the whole night at the police station (note that there are no conditions to sleep, eat, take a shower etc).
2. Activists have to be brought today to the court hearings, but the officials do not give us information where and when this process will take place.
3. The police does not let our lawyer, “Agora”’s Nikolay Vasilyev, to see the detained activists, don’t let him talk to them. It’s against the law, everybody has a right to talk to a lawyer.
4. Misdemeanor cases. Activists are charged with 2 misdemeanor cases (up to 15 days of detention).
5. Possible criminal article. At least two sources in the police reported to the Russian press (RBC) that the officials initiated a legal procedure of checking whether the criminal case can be opened or not.
The video of action is here: https://youtu.be/7zQGV7XBkLE
Just a reminder, with this action we’re demanding:
1. Let all political prisoners free. Free Oleg Sentsov.
2. Not imprison for “likes”.
3. Stop Illegal arrests on rallies.
4. Allow political competition in the country.
5. Not fabricate criminal accusations and not keep people in jails for no reason.
Het is bepaald niet de eerste keer dat Pussy Riot botst met de Russische autoriteiten. In 2012 werden enkele leden van de groep zelfs tot flinke gevangenisstraffen veroordeeld nadat ze met een ‘punkgebed’ een dienst in een kathedraal hadden verstoord. Bij die actie bekritiseerden ze de collaboratie van de Kerk met tsaar Vlad I Poetin.
Hieronder een interview van Vice met Nadya van Pussy Riot.
