AW: [SEELANGS] pussy riot

Mon Feb 18 17:18:30 UTC 2013

For a look at the issue from both sides (both liberal Western and
conservative Russian), you might take a look at this article at SRAS.org. 

http://www.sras.org/five_major_issues_russia_fall_2012#riot

Josh Wilson
Assistant Director
The School of Russian and Asian Studies
Editor in Chief
Vestnik, The Journal of Russian and Asian Studies
SRAS.org 
jwilson at sras.org

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The current issue of the Russian Analytical Digest (No. 122):

Abstract:

This edition considers the infamous trial of the punk band Pussy Riot. The
band members were on trial for their protest performance in the Cathedral of
Christ the Savior in Moscow on 21 February 2012, which criticized the
relationship between the Russian Orthodox Church and the state. Caroline von
Gall assess the trial from a legal perspective, arguing that it showcased
well-known deficiencies within the Russian criminal justice system: namely
that it gives short shrift to the Russian Constitution, the European
Convention on Human Rights, and the decisions of the European Court of Human
Rights in the interpretation of relevant legal norms. Thomas Bremer analyses
the reaction of the Russian Orthodox Church. He suggests that the Churchs
call for strict punishment reflects its perception that Russian Orthodoxy
like Christianity in generalis being persecuted, and thus that the state
should act to protect it. Bremer adds that this pre-modern conception of
societal unity and diversity will hardly be viable over the longer term in
its current form.

http://www.css.ethz.ch/publications/DetailansichtPubDB_EN?rec_id=2415

Best wishes,

Matthias Neumann

Matthias Neumann, MA

Publikationsreferat / Publications Dept.

Forschungsstelle Osteuropa an der Universität Bremen /

Research Centre for East European Studies at the University of Bremen

Klagenfurter Str. 3

28359 Bremen

Germany

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 <http://www.forschungsstelle.uni-bremen.de/>
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 <http://www.laender-analysen.de/> www.laender-analysen.de

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[mailto:SEELANGS at LISTSERV.UA.EDU] Im Auftrag von Sasha Spektor
Gesendet: Montag, 18. Februar 2013 00:43
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Betreff: [SEELANGS] pussy riot

Dear Pusseelangers,

We are about to have a symposium on Pussy Riot at Vanderbilt.  There's going
to be a round-table with academics from various disciplines discussing the
significance of the phenomenon and its implications:  cultural, political,
ethical, etc.

The Russian department is responsible for providing the specifically Russian
context and we are responsible for organizing a number of events around the
round-table.  And here I would love to get your advice. I know that there's
a new film on Pussy Riot but it's not available just yet to be screened.  

Do you have any advice on a good documentary film that illustrates the
contemporary political situation in Russia?  

Perhaps you could direct me also to interesting writing, discussions, or
articles that were produced after the infamous incident?  

In short any direction towards secondary sources (in any media) would be
greatly appreciated.  

Much obliged, 

Sasha.

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