The Pussy Riot wanted to send a message for Christmas. The Russian feminist collective, which has already suffered prison sentences in the past for its provocative messages in favor of LGBT rights, feminism, freedom of expression and against repression in Russia, has chosen Christmas Eve to position itself again against the war in Ukraine. To do this, they have released a music video with the staging of what they define as their "declaration against the war" that Vladimir Putin started in the neighboring country.
In the recording you can see images of suitcases dripping with blood on terraces where wealthy people drink coffee intertwined with sequences of bombings in Ukraine, war wreckage and broken dolls while a chorus is heard: "Mom, there are no Nazis here, don't look television".
"Since the beginning of the war, on February 24, military censorship has been introduced in Russia. It is forbidden to call a war a war, it is forbidden to publish materials about the war that have not been verified by the Kremlin," they say. activists in a statement, who at the rate of rap want to reflect their "anger, indignation and discontent", as "a desperate cry of reproach against Putin's bloodthirsty puppets, led by a true cannibal monster, whose place is in the infinity of ferocious infernal flames over the bones of the victims of this terrible war".
The phrase, which the Pussy Riot interpret from the bottom of a basement dug into the ground to which they have descended by narrow, dimly lit stairs -covering their faces with their characteristic woolen mask with three holes, eyes and mouth- comes from a soldier captured Russian recruit who, in a phone conversation with his mother, told her exactly that.
"Russian propaganda daily poisons the hearts of people with hate. The Foreign Agents Law is used to silence opposition activists and journalists, to stop the activities of the last independent human rights organizations," the activists denounced.
In the video the singers also appear barefaced at concerts with audiences or interpreting the lyrics. With them, opposition figures from anti-government movements who suffered from poisoning, such as Alexander Litvinenko or Alexei Navalny.
"We are against this shameful war waged by Putin, and to stop this war we must unite, unite against the fascist regime," they say, calling for the freezing of Western bank accounts and the property of Russian officials and oligarchs, in addition to that an international tribunal take place to try Putin,
The activists conclude with a message to the Russian population: "Please don't take part in this war! Don't take mobilization notices, don't go to the military police station, don't listen to propaganda!"
