Pussy Riot name for an finish to Putin’s “terrorist regime” in Ukraine warfare protest track ‘Mama, Don’t Watch TV’

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 warfare crimes towards Ukraine.

In a press release shared alongside the track’s launch on Saturday (December 24), the band defined their perception that “Putin’s regime is a terrorist regime, and Putin himself, his officers, generals and propagandists are warfare criminals”.

They went on to notice that the track’s refrain “relies on the phrases of a captured Russian conscript soldier who, in a phone dialog along with his mom, mentioned ‘Mother, there aren't any Nazis right here, don’t watch TV’”. Detailing the importance of that line, Pussy Riot pointed to the Russian authorities’s tendency to unfold propaganda by televised broadcasts, which they are saying “poisons the hearts of individuals with hatred”.

The band additional referenced the authoritarian measures Russia takes to punish its critics, persevering with: “Those that oppose Putin are imprisoned, poisoned with navy poisons and killed.”

As for the Russian authorities’s continued assaults on Ukraine, the band defined that such “navy aggression” has been widespread since 2014, “when Russian troops annexed Crimea and commenced the occupation of the Donbass area”. They continued: “Day by day since then Ukraine has needed to struggle for the suitable to stay and for freedom, struggle to ensure its sovereignty.

“Throughout all these years, the worldwide group has appeared for compromise and carried out enterprise with Russia, on the similar time sponsoring Putin’s merciless warfare. The Kremlin receives billions of Euros from the sale of oil and fuel and every day this cash converts into Ukrainian blood.”

Take a look on the accompanying music video for ‘Mama, Don’t Watch TV’ beneath:

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With the discharge of ‘Mama, Don’t Watch TV’, Pussy Riot detailed their goals in utilizing the track as a method to protest the Russia-Ukraine warfare. Firstly, they’ve referred to as for “an embargo on the acquisition of Russian oil and fuel, on the sale of weapons and police ammunition to Russia”. 

Subsequent, the band petitioned for authorities to “arrest the western financial institution accounts and property of Russian officers and oligarchs, and introduce private sanctions towards them”. And eventually, they’ve referred to as for “a world tribunal to strive Vladimir Putin, workers of Russian state propaganda, military officers and everybody who's liable for the genocide of the Ukrainian nation”.

Pussy Riot have had a busy 12 months in 2022, with a significant spotlight being Masha Alyokhina’s escape from Russia again in Might. She and her bandmates have arrested and imprisoned a number of occasions over their tenure for publicly protesting Putin’s rule. Final 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 by way of Neon Gold Information.