| The Christian Sciens Monitor о деле Pussy Riot |
[Aug. 23rd, 2012|03:39 pm] |
Pussy Riot trial sends warning shot toward anti-Putin protesters
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Critics argue that the choice of targets, such as the elite blogger Navalny and the feminist punk rockers Pussy Riot, may be aimed at setting precedents against figures who are widely reviled by Russia's conservative majority, but which later can be applied to almost anyone.
"The Pussy Riot case has split Russian society between its educated part and the rest of the population," says Vladimir Pribylovsky, president of Panorama, an independent Moscow think tank.
"Hardly anyone approves of what those girls did, but the dubious legalities and the harsh punishment that's going to be meted out to them for that prank has alienated many intellectuals, artists, and people who worry about the long-term consequences,” he said.
“They are standing up to complain about the conduct of the trial, and this suits the Kremlin perfectly. It makes it look like the intelligentsia is against the people, against morality, against Russia's hallowed traditions. This was exactly the purpose of the people who framed this case," he adds.
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