“Satanic” Pussy Riot Not Welcome in Brooklyn, Says Orthodox Priest
January 27, 2014 | Andy Cush
Pussy Riot, fresh out of prison, is set to make an appearance at the Barclays Center February 5 for an Amnesty International benefit concert. Certain members of Brooklyn’s Russian Orthodox community, predictably, are not happy about it. Serge Lukianov, an Orthodox priest, called the event “satanic,” and called it appalling that “people are making them into heroes.”
“Anyone who desecrates a church, synagogue, or mosque is not a hero,” he added.
I can only imagine what Lukianov thinks of The Flaming Lips, who are also on the bill. Here’s that band’s “Jesus Shootin’ Heroin.”
Keeping the fires of their post-prison fame alive, two members of Pussy Riot, recently released from labor camps, are coming to Brooklyn to play the Amnesty International's Bringing Human Rights Home concert at Barclays Center on February 5. 'We are happy to support Amnesty International's work on behalf of human rights…
In advance of their appearance at tonight's Amnesty International concert at the Barclays Center, Nadya Tolokonnikova and Masha Alyokhina of Pussy Riot appeared on The Colbert Report last night to discuss Vladimir Putin, Russia's "gay propaganda" laws, their release from prison, and the upcoming Sochi Olympics. They are excellent interviewees. Watch both segments…
"We're not here to define or decide for Pussy Riot. We are just two people that spent time in jail for participating in a Pussy Riot action," Nadya Tolokonnikova told the Barclays pressroom, flanked enthusiastically by Amnesty International reps and their celebrity spokespeople du jour, hours before the big show.…
