Voice of America: Kremlin x Pussy Riot: Girls Win!
“Who breaks a butterfly upon a wheel?” – Alexander Pope, 1735
This summer, Vladimir Putin tried to break three of Moscow’s butterflies on the creaking, iron wheel of Russia’s court system.
On Friday, the three Pussy Riot girls were sentenced to two years in jail for singing the wrong song in church.
Stalin’s show trials were scary.
Putin’s show trials are providing a show.