Documents

14 Feb 2013,
Translations of Interviews with Masha and Nadia from January 2013

Recently Elena Masyuk for Novaya Gazeta interviewed Masha at Prison Camp IK-28 in the Perm Region and Nadia at Prison Camp IK-14 in Mordivia. Novaya Gazeta has made available English translations of the interviews, http://en.novayagazeta.ru/politics/56522.html .  
Below are both conversations, one after the other.

 

— I attended almost every single day of your trial at the Khamovniki Court. I often think of Judge Syrova. Do you?

 

— No, I don't. Not at all, she's this kind of grey page for me.

—Hold on, this “grey page” did put you away for two years.

— That's OK.

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06 Jan 2013,
Pussy Riot! A Punk Prayer for Freedom IN PRINT

English
Pussy Riot! A Punk Prayer for Freedom

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Feminist Press

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09 Oct 2012,
Official statement from Peter Verzilov

 

  I, Peter Verzilov activist of "Voina group", has never been and am not a producer, leader, organizer, promoter, spokesman, or any other executive of the Pussy Riot group, which is anonymous punk feminist collective, and does not allow any public roles except those, which against the will of any member Pussy Riot arised because of Katya's, Nadia's and Masha's arrest.
 
Attempts to present any public role in Pussy Riot means trying to ignore and discredit the ideology of female punk feminist collective in which participants, except those that have been disclosed by the law enforcement agencies, do not have any public roles for females, and even more men. 
 
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17 Aug 2012,
The 6th letter from detention by Nadia written on the eve of the verdict

By Nadezhda Tolokonnikova of Pussy Riot

My imprisonment does not anger me. I do not keep grudges, not personal grudges [at least]. I do, however, keep political grudges. Our imprisonment is a clear sign that the freedom is taken away from [all of us] -- from the entire country. This threat of destruction of Russian liberating and emancipatory forces is what makes me angry. [We all must see] the big picture in small events, a tendency in a [constellation of seemingly random] signs, and a common trend in specific occurrences.

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13 Aug 2012,
Nadia Tolokonnikova's closing statement

 

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13 Aug 2012,
Katja Samutsevich’s closing statement in the criminal case against the feminist punk group Pussy Riot

 

During the closing statement, the defendant is expected to repent or express regret for her deeds, or to enumerate attenuating circumstances. In my case, as in the case of my colleagues in the group, this is completely unnecessary. Instead, I want to express my views about the causes of what has happened with us.

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13 Aug 2012,
Masha Alyokhina's Closing Statement

This trial is illustratory and illuminating. Not once will the authorities blush over it and be ashamed of it. Every stage of it is quintesential of iniquity. 

How has this happened that our performance being initially a small and somewhat awkward act has grown into a big disaster? Obviously in a healthy society that is impossible. As a state, Russia has long been akin to an organism ill to its core. And this morbidity explodes with resonance when you scrape a pointing abscess. This morbidity would get first publicly and lingeringly concealed but later would always get resolved through conversation. Behold, this is the form of conversation our authorities are capable of. This trial isn't just a mean grotesque mask, this is a face of conversation with a person in our country. 

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03 Aug 2012,
TRANSLATION of Masha's Opening Trial Statement: I disagree with the indictment.

 

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03 Aug 2012,
Art and the Human Manifesto of Nadia Tolokonikovoy

 

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26 Jul 2012,
Letter to Supporters July 24, 2012

Perhaps our behavior is perceived by many as defiant and obnoxious. This is not the case.
We are in desperate circumstances, in which indifference is difficult to maintain.
We are happy to hear of those who support us in this process, however the harshness and rudeness of our opponents are still puzzling. Anyway, we would like to thank the understanding and merciful people who urge both sides to engage in a dialogue and not in mutual scolding.
We emphasize that we advocate for non-violence and hold a grudge against no one; our laughter is, in a sense, laughter through the tears, and our sarcasm is a reaction to the lawlessness.
We ask our defenders, as well as the people who accuse us: be tactful, however painful and difficult it may be.

E. Samutsevich  
N. Tolokonnikova
M. Alekhina

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