Staff / TruthdigJul 24, 2013
The Russian Orthodox Church warns that the legalization of gay marriage spells impending doom; former President Carter proclaims "America does not have a functioning democracy"; meanwhile, Booz Allen Hamilton took over Washington, and nobody noticed until Edward Snowden blew the whistle. These discoveries and more after the jump. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Alexander Reed Kelly / TruthdigNov 23, 2012
Maria Alyokhina, a member of the Russian feminist punk band Pussy Riot jailed for performing an anti-Putin “punk prayer” in Moscow’s main cathedral this year, has been transferred to a solitary cell at Berezniki penal colony, apparently at her own request. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Alexander Reed Kelly / TruthdigSep 13, 2012
Dmitry Medvedev has called for the three members of the feminist punk band Pussy Riot, recently sentenced to a two-year prison term by the Russian government for an anti-Putin protest in Moscow’s main Russian Orthodox Church, to be set free. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
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Alexander Reed Kelly / TruthdigAug 17, 2012
A Moscow judge has convicted three members of the feminist punk band Pussy Riot of hooliganism in a verdict that amounts to a defense of the Russian Orthodox Church’s apparent right to be shielded from criticism within its own walls. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Alexander Reed Kelly / TruthdigAug 8, 2012
"If this political system throws itself against three girls it shows this political system is afraid of truth," a member of the Russian punk band Pussy Riot said as a judge set a verdict date on charges that the musicians engaged in hooliganism against the Russian government. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
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