npr:The Russian punk band Pussy Riot has just released a new music video lampooning the country’s pr
npr:The Russian punk band Pussy Riot has just released a new music video lampooning the country’s prosecutor-general, Yuri Chaika.The prosecutor-general, who is supposed to be one of Russia’s top crime fighters, has been accused of massive corruption. The song revels in it.The video opens with a woman in a prosecutor’s uniform gorging on a roast turkey, which she tears apart with her bare hands.Nadezhda Tolokonnikova, one of the founders of the Pussy Riot protest collective, raps a kind of Russian primer for how to get ahead via corruption: “Be humble, learn to obey, don’t worry about material stuff,” she says. “Be loyal to those in power, ‘cause power is a gift from God, son.”The Kremlin Is Not Going To Like Pussy Riot’s New VideoPhoto: AFP/Getty Images -- source link