Pussy Riot have returned with one other stabbing protest anthem aimed on the Russian authorities – a synth–punk quantity titled ‘Mama, Don’t Watch TV’ – with which they name for president Vladimir Putin to be prosecuted for his battle crimes in opposition to Ukraine.
In an announcement shared alongside the music’s launch on Saturday (December 24), the band defined their perception that “Putin’s regime is a terrorist regime, and Putin himself, his officials, generals and propagandists are war criminals”.
They went on to notice that the music’s refrain “is based on the words of a captured Russian conscript soldier who, in a telephone conversation with his mother, said ‘Mom, there are no Nazis here, don’t watch TV’”. Detailing the importance of that line, Pussy Riot pointed to the Russian authorities’s tendency to unfold propaganda by means of televised broadcasts, which they are saying “poisons the hearts of people with hatred”.
The band additional referenced the authoritarian measures Russia takes to punish its critics, persevering with: “Those who oppose Putin are imprisoned, poisoned with military poisons and killed.”
As for the Russian authorities’s continued assaults on Ukraine, the band defined that such “military aggression” has been frequent since 2014, “when Russian troops annexed Crimea and began the occupation of the Donbass region”. They continued: “Every day since then Ukraine has needed to struggle for the suitable to dwell and for freedom, struggle to ensure its sovereignty.
“During all these years, the international community has looked for compromise and conducted business with Russia, at the same time sponsoring Putin’s cruel war. The Kremlin receives billions of Euros from the sale of oil and gas and each day this money converts into Ukrainian blood.”
Have a have a look at the accompanying music video for ‘Mama, Don’t Watch TV’ under:
With the discharge of ‘Mama, Don’t Watch TV’, Pussy Riot detailed their goals in utilizing the music as a way to protest the Russia-Ukraine battle. Firstly, they’ve known as for “an embargo on the purchase of Russian oil and gas, on the sale of weapons and police ammunition to Russia”.
Next, the band petitioned for authorities to “arrest the western bank accounts and property of Russian officials and oligarchs, and introduce personal sanctions against them”. And lastly, they’ve known as for “an international tribunal to try Vladimir Putin, employees of Russian state propaganda, army officers and everyone who is responsible for the genocide of the Ukrainian nation”.
Pussy Riot have had a busy 12 months in 2022, with a serious spotlight being Masha Alyokhina’s escape from Russia again in May. She and her bandmates have arrested and imprisoned a number of occasions over their tenure for publicly protesting Putin’s rule. Last January, she was detained for 2 days after attending demonstrations encouraging others to protest on social media.
The band additionally launched their debut mixtape, ‘Matriarchy Now’, again in August through Neon Gold Records.