Young women from PUSSY RIOT face a "religious hatred" and "hooligan" charge that can lead to 7 years of prison for their Anti-Putin protest "prayer" performance at The Christ The Savior Cathedral in Moscow. The words in italics are from their prayer
Nadya, Katya, Masha
No faces, bright colors, high voices
On the altar of the big church in Moscow
Build by muslim workers from Turkey
On the open-air swimming pool
Of Soviet Russia
Virgin Mary, drive Putin away
Virgin Mary, drive Putin away
Liberate us from injustice!
Nadya, Katya, Masha
Jumping, kickboxing, kneeling, praying
On the altar of the big church in Moscow
Private church to the powerful and
Sometimes open for us “others”
Russian people and tourists
Virgin Mary, drive Putin away
Virgin Mary, drive Putin away
Liberate us from injustice!
Nadya, Katya, Masha
Women with more guts than
The men around them, alas
Breastfeeding, hugging,
Feeding their babies and then
Defending us and our freedom
Fighting for our future
Virgin Mary, drive Putin away
Virgin Mary, drive Putin away
Liberate us from injustice!
Nadya, Katya, Masha
Want to live in a free country
And they say it, they shout it
To Stalin, Putin & friends
In our sacred religious places
In our sacred national spaces
And inside our minds
Virgin Mary, drive Putin away
Virgin Mary, drive Putin away
Liberate us from injustice!
Nadya, Katya, Masha
Sitting in court´s small glass cages
(We saw this cage before, Michail and Platon, right?)
A room for defectors and political animals
No air, no food, no medical attention
Emergency? No! Denied!
Virgin Mary, drive Putin away
Virgin Mary, drive Putin away
Liberate us from injustice!
Nadya, Katya, Masha
Are you our hope for a New Russia
Free from violent aging men
And their obidient women?
Free from the Past
Free for a better Future
Free for a modern Future
Free for a younger Future
A slave-free Russia!
8.08.2012