Pussy Riot: Speaking Punk to Power by Eliot Borenstein book prize shortlist Balanchine’s life intersected with some

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Pussy Riot: Speaking Punk to Power by Eliot Borenstein book prize shortlist Balanchine’s life intersected with someBoth more and less than a band, Pussy Riot is continually misunderstood by the Western media. This book sets the record straight. After their scandalous performance of an anti Putin protest song in Moscow's Cathedral of Christ the Saviour and the imprisonment of two of its members, the punk feminist art collective known as Pussy Riot became an international phenomenon. But, what, exactly, is Pussy Riot, and what are they trying to achieve? The award