Thursday, October 11, 2012

Freed Pussy Riot member vows to continue group's fight


Freed Pussy Riot member Yekaterina Samutsevich group has promised to continue the fight against the Russian authorities.

Samutsevich was released from prison yesterday (October 10) after Moscow court upheld the appeal on the basis that it was ejected from the main Catherdral Moscow before she could take the guitar out of the box to riots Pussy in "prayer points" protest against Putin.

"We're not finished," she said in her first interview since leaving prison. "We must act in such a way that they (the Russian authorities) do not know about concerts ahead of time, and to be caught and put in prison for this," she said.

Pussy Three members received two years imprisonment on 17 August, and found guilty of hooliganism motivated by religious hatred after they were arrested after anti-Putin concert in the main cathedral in Moscow. During Samutsevich was freed on appeal, the other two women - Maria Alyokhina and Nadezhda Tolokonnikova - had their prison conditions into account.

Although two members of the team Samutsevich to remain behind bars, she says she did not connect with the other members of the Riot Pussy and will take part in the movement, who cast global attention to the political situation in Russia, telling reporters that Pussy Riot is "more united than ever ... the struggle for freedom Masha and Nadia! "

In an interview with CNN last night, Samutsevich said, "is not final, we will not be the end of our political protest in the country ... the situation has deteriorated since our performance and test itself is testimony to that."

Although she said she would be "more careful" in its operations going forward, the "negative" attitude towards Putin and what she calls "authoritarian mega project" remains unchanged.

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