Just a few short days after Russian punk band Pussy Riot members Maria Alyokhina, Nadezhda Tolokonnikova and Yekaterina Samutsevich were found guilty of religious hate-fueled hooliganism and sentence to two years imprisonment apiece, it now looks like Russian police forces are actively looking for the band's remaining members. I'd like to think it's so they can perform lavish, super cool music numbers together a la Elvis in Jailhouse Rock… but somehow I don't think that's the Russian police force's real motive here.
"The necessary search operations are being conducted," said a Moscow police representative, as reported by The Guardian. If Russian police forces even have any idea how many other Pussy Riot members there might be or any idea of their identities, they aren't currently disclosing it. To be fair, they all wear those now famous brightly colored ski masks. Plus, Russian names are really long and crazy. I'd have trouble finding people, too.
"This is a trial of the whole government system of Russia, which so likes to show its harshness toward the individual, its indifference to his honor and dignity," said Tolokonnikova during the nine-day trial. "If this political system throws itself against three girls… it shows this political system is afraid of truth." The European Union, U.S. government and countless other human rights groups and high-profile celebrities and musicians have all condemned the Russian government's response to Pussy Riot's "punk protest" at the Christ The Saviour Cathedral in February. There's always the outside chance that Russian president and protest-target Vladimir Putin could pardon the three band members… though I'm guessing someone on his staff has probably shown him this already:
If you have any helpful clues where Russian police forces might find the rest of Pussy Riot (i.e. "Oh yeah, I think I saw one of them hanging out at the Sbarro's in the mall last week."), be sure to let them know in our comments section provided below.
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