Tag: Pussy Riot
Orthodox Christianity: Strong Pillar in Modern Russia
Pravdareport - 1/12/16 Karl Marx, in his famous seminal treatise, Das Kapital, laid down a basic tenet for revolutionizing and thus usurping control of the ... Read More
Russian Orthodox Church is open to dialogue with Pussy Riot, but without provocations
Moscow/Krasnoyarsk, December 23, Interfax - The Moscow Patriarchate is hoping that the members of the feminist punk group Pussy Riot who have been released from ... Read More
Russians launch dedicated center to fight ‘atheist extremism’
A worship cross, dedicated to the memory of victims of political repressions in Arkhangelsk, cut down by unidentified vandals. (RIA Novosti) 26/8/13 A group of ... Read More
Russian Church Spokesman to Ward Off Beetle Through Prayer
14/8/13 MOSCOW, August 12 (RIA Novosti) – How serious are you about the threat of the European spruce bark beetle? Most likely not as much ... Read More
Orthodox Video Game Targets Pussy Riot
17/7/13 A video game was showcased at a recent Russian Orthodox youth festival in Moscow that encourages players to "kill" members of the feminist punk-rock ... Read More
Vandal of Moscow Icons Released from Jail
MOSCOW, March 19 (RIA Novosti) – A Moscow court on Tuesday sentenced a man that vandalized icons in Russia’s largest Orthodox cathedral to a year ... Read More
Femen act in the cathedral – French politicians in fury – similarities to Pussy Riot
Dmitry Babich 20/2/13 Here is another example of the European double standards: in France the very same politicians who recently admired the Pussy Riot act ... Read More
Church should have more control over Russian life: Putin
Thomas Grove - 1/2/13 (Reuters) - President Vladimir Putin said on Friday the Orthodox Church should be given more say over family life, education and ... Read More
Depardieu criticizes Pussy Riot and Russian opposition
Moscow, January 14, Interfax - Actor Gerard Depardieu, who has recently received the Russian citizenship, expressed his attitude to members of the Pussy Riot group, ... Read More
Pussy Riot singer had staged anti-Semitic action, Putin tells Merkel
Moscow, November 16, Interfax - President Vladimir Putin said that a singer of the Pussy Riot punk group had staged an anti-Semitic provocation before the ... Read More
Over 40% of Russians suspect mastermind behind Pussy Riot performance – poll
Moscow, October 29, Interfax - Russians are not unanimous about possible masterminds behind the Pussy Riot punk band's scandalous performance at the Moscow Christ the ... Read More
Pope Benedict XVI agrees with Russian Church on Pussy Riot
Moscow, October 17, Interfax - Pope Benedict XVI agrees with the Moscow Patriarchate's evaluation of the stunt carried out by the punk group Pussy Riot ... Read More
Russian Orthodox Church asks for clemency for three jailed members of Pussy Riot
Associated Press 3/10/2012 MOSCOW — The Russian Orthodox Church on Sunday asked for clemency for three jailed members of the rock band Pussy Riot ... Read More
Pussy Riot shines in EU despite orgies, blasphemy and hooliganism
28/9/2012 The EU parliament nominated a controversial punk band whose members were recently sentenced to two years in prison for “inciting religious hatred” for a ... Read More
Orthodox church activists protest at Pussy Riot exhibition
21/9/2012 Nine people have been detained after Orthodox church activists in Russia disrupted the opening of an art exhibition devoted to the controversial punk band, ... Read More
Crosses torn down and Pussy Riot slogans on a church in Georgia
Nina Achmatova 17/9/2012 Episodes of intolerance continue in the wake of sentencing of the Russian feminist punk band. Orthodox Church debate whether this is due ... Read More
The New Soviet League of Militant Godless
13/9/2012 Philip Jenkins It sounds like a scriptwriter's dream. Here we have Russia, a vastly powerful country with a floundering democracy, facing the imminent threat ... Read More
‘Orthodox Church beset by concerted attack’ – Patriarch Kirill
10/9/2012 The Russian Orthodox Church and its values have been under an attack from those opposed to its post-Soviet revival, which is aimed at testing ... Read More
Who Is Chopping Down Russia’s Crosses?
Claire Bigg 6/9/2012 Topuchaya's 220 inhabitants never thought their tiny Siberian village would one day make headlines. Yet this week, news that a Russian Orthodox ... Read More
Russia must protect believers from Pussy Riot: Putin
7/9/2012 MOSCOW: President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday Russia was obliged to protect feelings of religious believers in the case of jailed opposition punk rockers ... Read More
In desecration of crosses, Russia’s Orthodox church sees dark warning
By Fred Weir 30/8/2012 The Russian Orthodox Church said an antireligious campaign – in sympathy with Pussy Riot punk band – was under way after ... Read More