Last night, Pussy Riot dropped their latest video for new single “1937” to protest against what happened during Moscow’s parliament elections.
The Russian activist group, in a press statement, describe the elections as “corrupt” and unfair. Indeed, this follows the arrest of over a dozen political activist and the prevention of political dissidents from taking part in the parliament elections. According to the activist group, none of the independent candidates were registered.
“Even worse – for making their political campaigns, most of the independent candidates were arrested, from 10 up to 40 days in detention centers” said the Russian group
The titled “1937” is a reference to one of the worst years in Joseph Stalin’s dictatorship when 1.7 million people were arrested and over 700,000 were killed because they were political dissident.
The video starts with a peaceful protest in Moscow from this summer, disrupted by violent attacks and mass arrest.
Following the video, the group said, “Government met the people’s protest activity with an overly aggressive response: hundreds of injured with police batons, brutal mass arrests, bruises and blood on the streets of Moscow. We’ve personally been at those actions, some of us were beaten, some of us – arrested ”.
And even if a lot of people were released, Pussy Riot adds “there are a number of people who are going to spend years in prison camps because they joined the protests and tried to stop the police from slaughtering innocent unarmed people”.
The video also comes with a list of activist, bloggers, and peaceful protesters currently imprisoned, that Pussy Riot are demanding get released, as part of their latest manifesto, which you can take part in here.
It’s seem that we are witnessing a new wave of political repression in Russia. Watch the video here:
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