Jailed Russian punk rocker: No regrets
Nadezhda Tolokonnikova, a member of female Russian punk band Pussy Riot, sits inside a defendants cage in a Moscow court, July 4, 2012. She is one of three band members sentenced to two years in jail for an anti-Putin performance. / ALEXANDER NEMENOV
(AP) BERLIN - Jailed Pussy Riot member Nadezhda Tolokonnikova says she regrets nothing about the band's anti-government performance in a cathedral that got them convicted of hooliganism and sentenced to two years behind bars.
Tolokonnikova told Germany's Der Spiegel magazine in an interview released Sunday that her conviction with her two band mates were Russian President Vladimir "Putin's personal revenge" which served to put a global spotlight on his government.
She said, "I think the bottom line is that the trial against us was important because it showed the true face of Putin's system."
Der Spiegel said the performer's answers to the magazine's questions were provided through her lawyer, who is allowed to visit her in prison.
She says Pussy Riot's goal remains "a revolution in Russia."
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- No Regrets?! They need to regret the name they chose for their punk rock band. It is disgusting but I guess that the young Tea Partiers here love it as it suits their mentality. It seems like young people today like to think dirty and that's one reason why the Tea Party Movement continues to flourish with their right-wing ideology!
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- Bizarre! I LOVE the band name ***** Riot! Why in the world would that be offensive to anyone! (Also, they have NOTHING to do with the "tea party" morons whatsoever!
