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FORGOTTEN HISTORY: 3 - The Untold Story

From Bullet Train to Pussy Riot: a complete guide to this week’s entertainment

Whether you want to join Brad Pitt in Japan for the commute from hell or stay home with a noisy Russian art collective, our critics have you covered for the next seven days

The Guardian - UK · Aug 6, 2022

Pussy Riot: Matriarchy Now review – a gleeful up yours to orthodoxy

Ideology grinds against a kitsch, hypersexual aesthetic in the Russian rebels’ bizarre yet sometimes brilliant debut mixtape

The Guardian - UK · Aug 5, 2022

Dissidents of Russian culture face dilemma between silence and exile

The Kremlin has effectively taken over Russia’s culture industry as the invasion of Ukraine prompted intensifying repression – with cancelled concerts, theatre directors sacked and artists arrested. All this poses a dilemma for Russian writers, singers, directors and the like: do they leave to ensure their safety and free expression,…

France 24 · Jul 20, 2022

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On my radar: Marina Abramović’s cultural highlights

The artist on an exhibition made by spiders, cryptocurrency activism and her love of astrology

The Guardian - UK · Jul 16, 2022

Is Vladimir Putin the greatest Russophobe of all?

No concept is more central to Vladimir Putin’s propaganda today than “Russophobia”. Internationally and on the home front, his propagandists claim they are fighting “Russophobes”, enemies motivated by a visceral hatred of Russia’s culture and people. Last month, the Russian foreign ministry sanctioned 121 Australians (including me) for “forming the…

The Conversation · Jul 11, 2022

‘We have a new Hitler in Russia’: Pussy Riot’s Maria Alyokhina on Putin’s crimes and her years of resistance

The musician and activist has escaped her homeland – but its repression still torments her. She talks about being beaten and jailed, nuclear threats and the dangerous power of women

The Guardian - UK · Jul 11, 2022

Cutting works by Russian artists is ‘stupid’, says Pussy Riot member

Maria Alyokhina calls on artistic community to unite over Ukraine and repression in Russia

The Guardian - UK · Jun 20, 2022

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Pussy Riot activist Aysoltan Niyazova released from Croatia jail

‘The only thing I felt was the injustice of the whole situation,’ Aysoltan Niyazova says

The Independent UK · Jun 9, 2022

Amnesty International urges Croatia to release Pussy Riot member

Amnesty International urged Croatia on Wednesday to release Aysoltan Niyazov, an activist and member of the band Pussy Riot who was arrested on an Interpol warrant and faces possible extradition to Turkmenistan.

Reuters · Jun 1, 2022

Russia needs de-Nazification, says Pussy Riot leader after escape

Russia, not Ukraine, needs de-Nazification, the leader of anti-Kremlin punk band Pussy Riot, who left Russia this week by disguising herself as a food courier, said before her group kicks off a concert tour against the war.

Reuters · May 12, 2022

Morning mail: US senators block abortion bill, Albanese wins leaders’ debate, the great escape – as a food courier

Thursday: Writers push for climate to be on election agenda as leaders’ debate dominated by cost-of-living measures. Plus: the $10bn vegan pet food market

The Guardian - AU · May 11, 2022

‘It was foolproof’: Pussy Riot activist tells of courier-suit escape from Russia

Lucy Shtein fled Moscow in late March; now she can tell her story after her girlfriend got out the same way

The Guardian - UK · May 11, 2022

Pussy Riot band leader escapes Russia disguised as a food delivery driver

She described it as a ‘big kiss-off’ to Russian authorities

The Independent UK · May 11, 2022

Pussy Riot singer's 'spy novel' escape from Russian police disguised as delivery driver

Maria Alyokhina was facing a sentence in a penal colony under harsh laws banning criticism of warmongering President Vladimir Putin, but has managed to evade Russian police in Moscow

Daily Mirror · May 11, 2022

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Bangkok Post · May 11, 2022

War in Ukraine: Latest developments

Here are the latest developments in the war in Ukraine:

Bangkok Post · May 11, 2022

Pussy Riot member leaves Russia disguised as delivery courier

Pussy Riot member Maria Alyokhina has left Russia, she said in an interview, after disguising herself as a food delivery courier to escape police.

The Conversation · Apr 11, 2022

Vladimir Putin, the czar of macho politics, is threatened by gender and sexuality rights

Vladimir Putin has mentioned “gender freedoms” more than once to justify Russia’s war against Ukraine and simultaneously crack down on its own citizens.

Evening Standard · Apr 1, 2022

How celebs are rallying for Ukraine — from Ed Sheeran’s £13.4m charity gig to David Beckham’s Insta take-over

JK Rowling has pledged £1 million and Mila Kunis, Ashton Kutcher and Sean Penn have been thanked by president Zelensky himself — but which star has donated the most? Katie Strick on how the A-listers are rallying for Ukraine

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Evening Standard · Mar 23, 2022

Bitcoin for bullets: inside the first crowdfunded war

Ukraine’s defence budget was about a tenth of Russia’s when the war began — so they opened their military coffers to donations in any currency. Richard Godwin on warfare’s bold new frontier

The Independent UK · Mar 8, 2022

Pussy Riot’s Nadya Tolokonnikova blames ‘greed and stupidity’ for world’s complacency on Putin

‘I’m in a panic, I’m crying every day,’ says musician and activist

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