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 conflict 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 conflict 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 together with his mom, stated ‘Mother, there are not 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 way of 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 army poisons and killed.”
As for the Russian authorities’s continued assaults on Ukraine, the band defined that such “army aggression” has been widespread since 2014, “when Russian troops annexed Crimea and started the occupation of the Donbass area”. They continued: “On daily basis since then Ukraine has needed to combat for the proper to reside and for freedom, combat to ensure its sovereignty.
“Throughout all these years, the worldwide group has regarded for compromise and performed enterprise with Russia, on the identical time sponsoring Putin’s merciless conflict. The Kremlin receives billions of Euros from the sale of oil and gasoline and every day this cash converts into Ukrainian blood.”
Take a look on the accompanying music video for ‘Mama, Don’t Watch TV’ beneath:
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 conflict. Firstly, they’ve referred to as for “an embargo on the acquisition of Russian oil and gasoline, 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 at last, they’ve referred to as for “a global tribunal to attempt Vladimir Putin, staff of Russian state propaganda, military officers and everybody who’s chargeable for the genocide of the Ukrainian nation”.
Pussy Riot have had a busy yr in 2022, with a serious 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 through Neon Gold Information.