# Pussy Riot will topple Putin; mark my words! **URL:** \ **Category:** Great Debates\ **Created:** [August 8, 2012, 4:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pussy-riot-will-topple-putin-mark-my-words/630826 "2012-08-08T04:45:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 7
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2018, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pussy-riot-will-topple-putin-mark-my-words/630826/121 "2018-07-16T18:32:19Z")
The desires expressed in your post is the ugliest politics yet in this discussion, comrade. ---
**Author:** ![Budget\_Player\_Cadet](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/budget_player_cadet/32/205_2.png) [@Budget\_Player\_Cadet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Budget_Player_Cadet)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2018, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pussy-riot-will-topple-putin-mark-my-words/630826/122 "2018-07-16T20:57:31Z")
> [@popomomo\_cocoyoyo](#): > > Who cares if Putin was there, that’s just part of the formalities, nobody other than the hateful Americans and some of their allies care. These creatures tried to sabotage one of the biggest sporting events in the world, and it’s been such a great World Cup, devoid of politics and major incidents, where everybody got together and enjoyed the sport of football, the sport of the people. > > If these were just random people trying to get their five minutes of fame I’d rate them as hooligans, but since they did it for politics, I hope they get prosecuted for terrorism and thrown in solitary confinement for life, never to be heard of again. Keep the ugly politics out of sports, let us just enjoy the positive event. (Yes I know, it would be even better if no politicians attended the match to begin with, one step at a time.) Yes, clearly, the correct punishment for… Wait, how many people did they kill? Zero? How many people did they hurt? Zero? What exactly did they do? …Ran onto the pitch during a sportsball game… Okay, so clearly, the correct punishment for running onto the pitch during a football game is life in prison. 😕 What’s the correct punishment for wishing for someone to be locked up in prison for the rest of their lives over inconsequential bullshit in your moral system, by the by? ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2018, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pussy-riot-will-topple-putin-mark-my-words/630826/123 "2018-07-17T03:26:42Z")
> [@popomomo\_cocoyoyo](#): > > Who cares if Putin was there, that’s just part of the formalities, nobody other than the hateful Americans and some of their allies care. These creatures tried to sabotage one of the biggest sporting events in the world, and it’s been such a great World Cup, devoid of politics and major incidents, where everybody got together and enjoyed the sport of football, the sport of the people. > > If these were just random people trying to get their five minutes of fame I’d rate them as hooligans, but since they did it for politics, I hope they get prosecuted for terrorism and thrown in solitary confinement for life, never to be heard of again. Keep the ugly politics out of sports, let us just enjoy the positive event. (Yes I know, it would be even better if no politicians attended the match to begin with, one step at a time.) Yes, that’s probably the worst part about being a brutal dictator who’s ordered the deaths of hundreds; the way you sometimes get briefly annoyed by protesters on your day off. You really have to feel for the guy. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2018, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pussy-riot-will-topple-putin-mark-my-words/630826/124 "2018-07-17T17:54:37Z")
In Soviet Russia, Internet trolls you. ---
**Author:** ![foolsguinea](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foolsguinea/32/14751_2.png) [@foolsguinea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/foolsguinea)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2018, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pussy-riot-will-topple-putin-mark-my-words/630826/125 "2018-07-19T03:50:27Z")
Добро пожаловать в the Straight Dope Message Board, **popomomo cocoyoyo**! You’re going to be given a _hard_ time here in the immediate future. ---
**Author:** ![Thing\_Fish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecb155/32.png) [@Thing\_Fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thing_Fish)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2018, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pussy-riot-will-topple-putin-mark-my-words/630826/126 "2018-07-19T18:52:10Z")
It may not happen in our lifetime, but I hope that someday these brave women will be recognized as early heroes of the movement that brought democracy and civil rights to Russia, and the capital will be renamed Pussygrad in their honor. ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2021, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pussy-riot-will-topple-putin-mark-my-words/630826/127 "2021-12-30T23:23:35Z")
Here’s some news: > **[Russia labels Pussy Riot member, others as 'foreign agents'](https://apnews.com/article/entertainment-lifestyle-russia-arts-and-entertainment-riots-eb67552cffb8c1ee9d205c37b89ff46d)** > > Russian authorities have designated a member of the Pussy Riot punk group, a satirist and an art collector as “foreign agents” as part of efforts to stifle dissent. > [@](#): > > The Justice Ministry applied the label to Nadezhda Tolokonnikova, a Pussy Riot member who became widely known for taking part in a 2012 protest inside Moscow’s Christ the Savior Cathedral after which she spent nearly two years in prison. > > Journalist and satirist Viktor Shenderovich and art collector Marat Gelman were also handed the label along with several other people. > > The “foreign agent” label implies additional government scrutiny and carries strong pejorative connotations that can discredit recipients. Russian authorities have applied the designation to scores of media outlets, civil society groups and individuals, ratcheting up pressure on those who are critical of the Kremlin. > > Those designated as “foreign agents” are required to add a lengthy statement to news reports, social media posts and other materials specifying that the content was created by a “foreign agent.” ---
**Author:** ![Hatchie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hatchie/32/3983_2.png) [@Hatchie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hatchie)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2022, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pussy-riot-will-topple-putin-mark-my-words/630826/128 "2022-01-04T19:03:22Z")
Well that totally makes sense. Pussy Riot played Western-influenced music, not a balalaika in the bunch. Foreign agents! Oh, the USSR knew about those and how to handle them. Pussy Riot will topple Putin, it’s just taking longer than we thought. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pussy-riot-will-topple-putin-mark-my-words/630826.md?page=6)