Russian Punks fight against Putin!
By Rizzuto

Mon Aug 17, 2009 - Here's a wake up call to the phony American punk rock rebels; hang your head in shame if you even think the pro-statist propaganda you spew on a daily basis holds a candle to their message and the danger they face. This from Breitbart:
Brashly shouting out his lyrics in crowded, smoky clubs, Alexei Nikonov zeroes in on provocative themes that most musicians here ignore -- authoritarianism and injustice in today's Russia.

Nikonov, the outspoken singer of Saint Petersburg-based punk rock band PTVP, saves much of his venom for Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, referring to him as a "pig" in one of his most strident songs.

"We live in a feudal society," Nikonov fumed in a backstage interview before a recent concert. "Everything is decided by one person, the dictator. The dictator decides everything."

This is not the sort of opinion one can find anymore on Russian television channels or most radio stations, where criticism of the government faded away after Putin became president in 2000.
This is punk rock, not the pop-culture, safe political sloganeering American "Punks" engage in. Keep fighting PTVP!









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