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Originally Posted by Maksim_Frolov
1. The most important reason: state must protect religion. Otherwise, religious fanatics will begin to do this instead of state. And it will end badly.
2. PR have dubious friends (Hunter Heaney from The Voice Project).
Artists are not prosecuted for political reasons in Russia at present time.
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Curiously enough, P.R. were not denying any religion. They were protesting against the hypocrisy of Russian church and Putin, whom it serves. So it's a different thing. After all, it was a PRAYER. They've asked "mother of god" to remove Putin. The song/action were as political as it gets of course.
And that's why they were prosecuted.
Now how I personally feel about them has nothing to do with it.
As I've said, facts are facts.
These are their lyrics Maxim;
Богородица, Дево, Путина прогони Путина прогони, Путина прогони
Черная ряса, золотые погоны
Все прихожане ползут на поклоны Призрак свободы на небесах
Гей-прайд отправлен в Сибирь в кандалах
Глава КГБ, их главный святой
Ведет протестующих в СИЗО под конвой
Чтобы Святейшего не оскорбить
Женщинам нужно рожать и любить Срань, срань, срань Господня Срань, срань, срань Господня
Богородица, Дево, стань феминисткой Стань феминисткой, феминисткой стань
Церковная хвала прогнивших воджей
Крестный ход из черных лимузинов
В школу к тебе собирается проповедник
Иди на урок - принеси ему денег!
Патриарх Гундяй верит в Путина
Лучше бы в Бога, сука, верил Пояс
девы не заменит митингов - На
протестах с нами Приснодева Мария!
(Хор) Богородица, Дево, Путина прогони Путина прогони, Путина
прогони
English;
Virgin Mary, Mother of God, put Putin away
Рut Putin away, put Putin away
Black robe, golden epaulettes
All parishioners crawl to bow
The phantom of liberty is in heaven
Gay-pride sent to Siberia in chains
The head of the KGB, their chief saint
Leads protesters to prison under escort
In order not to offend His Holiness
Women must give birth and love
****, ****, the Lord's ****!
****, ****, the Lord's ****!
Virgin Mary, Mother of God, become a feminist
Become a feminist, become a feminist
The Church's praise of rotten dictators
The cross-bearer procession of black limousines
A teacher-preacher will meet you at school
Go to class - bring him money!
Patriarch Gundyaev believes in Putin
*****, better believe in God instead
The belt of the Virgin can't replace mass-meetings
Mary, Mother of God, is with us in protest!
Virgin Mary, Mother of God, put Putin away
Рut Putin away, put Putin away.
http://www.metrolyrics.com/punk-pray...****-riot.html
So same old, same old in Russia, as it was before the revolution.
The church backs up the rich and powerful, while teaching the rest to submit and to accept it.
While interestingly enough Orthodoxy is essential to Russian identity and unification of the country, Russian church never played the same "community organizing" role as it was in America.