Pussy Riot protests in Sochi Just two months out of the gulag, punk rock activists Pussy Riot are still doing what they do best: mucking up those moral foundations the Russian Federation strictly protects. In a new music video for their song, “Putin Will Teach You How To Love,” issued today, the band uses fresh footage to speak out about the ongoing farce they perceive the Olympic games (and Russia’s projected image) to be. “The Olympics creates a space for the complete destruction of human rights in Russia,” said Pussy Riot member Nadezhda Tolokonnikova at a press conference near Sochi, where this year’s games are being held. “Here we are banned from speaking out. Here everyone’s rights are banned, including political activist, LGBT representatives, ecologists.” Pussy Riot, including newly freed Maria Alyokhina and Nadezhda Tolokonnikova, captured some of those injustices on film yesterday. The footage, cut into their new music video, features five members of the group in ski masks attempting to speak out at a site near the Winter Olympics. The members, including one male, are immediately intercepted and whipped bloody by Russian militiamen, called Cossacks. Although a treacherous experience, highlighting their pain with accessible art mediums like music and film is an apt way to expose their daily oppression to a wider, international audience. Check out Pussy Riot’s gutsy activism, and get the song stuck in your head, in the video below. “Putin Will Teach You How To Love” lyrics, according to The Wire: 50 billion and a gay-driven rainbow, Rodnina and Kabaeva will pass you those flames In prison they will teach you how to obey Salut to all bosses, hail, duce! Putin will teach you how to love the motherland Sochi is blocked – Olympic surveillance Special forces, weapons, crowds of cops FSB is an argument, the police is an argument State tv will run your applause. Putin will teach you how to love the motherland Spring to Russia comes suddenly Hello to the messiah as a shot from Avrora The prosecutor will put you down Give him some reaction and not those pretty eyes A cage for the protests, vodka, matrioshka Prison for May 6, more vodka and caviar The Constitution is lynched, Vitishko’s in prison Stability, the prison meal, the fence and the watchtower For TV Rain they’ve shut down the airwaves They took gay pride down the washroom A two-ass toilet – a priority Sentence to Russia, medium security, 6 years Putin will teach you how to love the motherland The motherland The motherland The motherland Article by Audrey Gertz Share this:Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Click to share on Tumblr (Opens in new window)Click to share on Pinterest (Opens in new window)Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window) Leave a Reply Cancel ReplyYour email address will not be published.CommentName* Email* Website Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. Currently you have JavaScript disabled. In order to post comments, please make sure JavaScript and Cookies are enabled, and reload the page. Click here for instructions on how to enable JavaScript in your browser. Δ