Pussy Riot Fest Goes On Despite Government Pressure:
"Free Pussy Riot Fest," a concert to support jailed members of the Russian punk
collective, was held last Sunday in St. Petersburg in direct opposition to the
city's attempts to stop it. The Associated Press reported that city ... more officials
tried to force the show's organizer, Olga Kurnosova, to cancel the event and
that the city's fire department threatened to close down the hall in which it
was held, citing safety violations. The show, headlined by Russian bands DDT and
Televizor, drew around 1,000 people and marked the continued protests of Russian
artists and citizens against the Orthodox Catholic church and the continuing
rule of the President Vladimir Putin, who was born in St. Petersburg, according
to the article. Close
