The story of Pussy Riot

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“I really wish that we could get rid of him earlier, before he had started a war in Europe.”  They’ve been protesting Putin for over a decade. Now they’re raising funds for Ukraine. This is the story of the feminist punk protest group PussyRiot.

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00:00Putin has completely lost it.

00:02I believe that the world has to come together to stop him.

00:06It's been something that I've been working on since 2007.

00:09I spent two years in jail for that.

00:11I've been attacked multiple times.

00:13I've been thrown chemical liquid in my face.

00:15I've been whipped.

00:30It's an external situation for the West.

00:35Now our government is trying to show that it allows people...

01:00...to launch his bid for re-election.

01:25The judge frequently referred to their behaviour as insulting...

01:28...and disrespectful to the Orthodox Church and all of Russia's faithful.

01:32She criticised their short skirts and high kicks...

01:35...and said they were motivated by hatred for religion.

01:38This extraordinary case is now unquestionably...

01:58...the biggest test of freedom of expression Putin has yet faced.

02:02Putin definitely had a direct influence on our sentences.

02:06We were treated as if we killed hundreds of people.

02:37The moment when you accept that you can be arrested...

02:41...it's not scary for you anymore.

03:06Ukraine has become home for a lot of Russians who had to flee...

03:35...from Russia because they were prosecuted by Putin.

03:40And I formed a lot of really intimate ties with many Ukrainian communities...

03:46...artistic communities, political communities.

03:49And I'd say this is my second home.

03:52I believe that crypto is a great tool for organising on a global scale.

03:56Plus it allows you to move money without being sanctioned...

04:01...by governments or corporations.

04:05Ukraine has become home for a lot of Russians who had to flee...

04:08...from Russia because they were prosecuted by Putin.

04:11Plus it allows you to move money without being sanctioned...

04:14...by governments or corporations.

04:16I'm deeply, deeply ashamed of the leader of my country.

04:19And I really wish that we could get rid of him earlier...

04:22...before he started a war in Europe.

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