Reprinted from State Farm
On the eve of tonight's 2012 Video Music Awards,
MTV News sent questions to members of the Russian agitprop collective,
Pussy Riot, asking them to respond to the growing list of artists who
have shown solidarity with the wave of international outrage that has
followed the two-year sentencing of fellow members Maria Alyokhina,
Nadezhda Tolokonnikova and Yekaterina Samutsevichand for "hooliganism."
The
group released a 90-second video moments ago showing the remaining
members of the collective unfurling a massive banner, thanking Madonna,
Bjork, Red Hot Chili Peppers and Green Day for their solidarity while
rappelling down a building and defiantly declaring, "The fight for
freedom is an endless battle that is bigger than life!" Then — in a
loaded political statement — they burn a photo of Vladimir Putin. Read More
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