Contents

Preface by Amy Scholder, editorial director of the Feminist Press

Virgin Mary, Put Putin Away (Punk Prayer)

Pussy Riot: Art or Politics?

Letter by Masha in Prison

Letters by Nadya in Prison

Death to Prison, Freedom to Protest

Letter to Patriarch Kirill

Kropotkin-Vodka

Letter to President Medvedev

Putin Has Pissed Himself

Opening Courtroom Statement by Masha

Opening Courtroom Statement by Nadya

Raze the Pavement

Excerpts from the Court Transcript

Closing Statement by Defense Attorney Violetta Volkova

Closing Statement by Defense Attorney Mark Feygin

Closing Statement by Defense Attorney Nikolay Polozov

Closing Courtroom Statement by Katya

Closing Courtroom Statement by Nadya

Closing Courtroom Statement by Masha

Three Poems by Masha

Tributes to Pussy Riot: Yoko Ono, Johanna Fateman, JD Samson, Eileen Myles, Justin Vivian Bond, and Karen Finley

About the Author—Pussy Riot

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