Pussy Riot  is a Russian feminist punk rock protest group based in Moscow.  Founded in August 2011, it has a variable membership of approximately 11 women ranging in age from about 20 to 33 (as of 2012).  The group has staged unauthorised provocative guerrilla performances in unusual public locations, which were edited into music videos and posted on the Internet.  (More from Wikipedia)

 

Wow, five years – now that’s something to celebrate. 

But first a retrospective of the past year.  Most satisfying no doubt was being able to write about the courageous Russian punk/protest band with the provocative name, Pussy Riot.  How many Western bands and rock artists can say that they have been to jail for their art?  Joan Baez maybe, but I think it was actually a husband of hers.  I cannot remember its coming up even in the Civil Rights era. 

Anyway, Pussy Riot had the goods on Vladimir Putin years before anyone in the West had figured out his true colors.  

(Year 5 Review)