A scandal is taking place in Russia: anticlerical punk-action, a prayng "Holy Mother, Blessed Virgin, chase Putin out" took place in the main Russian Cathedral
This is the action:
Under the pressing of Russian authorities the girls, who performed the action - a Russian punk band, - were accused of “hooliganism”, for which they face up to 7 years in prison. Two of them have small kids, but this week, a judge ruled that the three women would remain in jail until June, when there will be trial.
" The feminist band’s music sounds a lot lot like the American punk girl bands of the 1990s — brash, loud and screechy. It’s less about the music and more about anti-authoritarian disenchanted expression, the basis of most punk music.
Their outrage began last fall when Prime Minister Vladimir Putin announced he planned to return to the presidency. They organized to protest Putin and decided to wear masks for anonymity. According to an article in the Guardian, the average age of the band's members is 25. Each member is a hard-core feminist.
They began to have “flash gigs,” quick unannounced performances with political overtones. Their videos spread on the Internet.
This week, when the three women entered court this week, about 200 supporters of the band, including prominent artists, musicians and activists, carried balloons and posters and chanted “Freedom!”
The Russian Orthodox Church initially said it wanted leniency for the women. But not anymore. The church now wants the women prosecuted for their “blasphemous” performance and calls their actions works of the devil."
Because of this story, the Orthodox Church in Russia is rapidly loosing image. This takes place on the background of numerous scandals, when the Church was caught on different frauds, for example, it illegally, freed from taxes, was trading vodka and tobacco, etc...
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