The closing statements from Nadezhda Tolokonnikova in trial 8 august Free Pussy Riot Free Pussy Riot
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Date: 2012-08-08

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The  closing statements from Nadezhda Tolokonnikova in trial. 8 august 2012

Yesterday (on the 7th of August according to the website lenta.ru) Madonna's performance took place. Madonna performed with the inscription "Pussy Riot" on her back. More and more people see that we are kept in pre-trial prison illegally and because of absolutely false accusation. I am astounded by it. I am astounded by the fact that truth really triumphs over lie though we are physically here, in the cage. We are freer than all the people sitting opposite us on the side of the prosecution because we can say everything we want and we do it. As for people from the side of the prosecution, they say only words passed by political censor. They can't say such words as "punk-prayer" and "Virgin Mary, redeem us of Putin!" They can't say the lines from our punk-prayer that are related to political system. They probably think that another reason why we are to be put into 
prison is our rebel against Putin and his system. But they can't say it because they are prohibited to do it. Their mouths are sewn. Unfortunately, they are just puppets at this trial. I hope they will realize it and will also head for freedom, truth and sincerity because all this is more important than static nature, affected decency and hypocrisy.

Because we don't really have religious hatred, and never had it, our accusers have no choice but to resort to using a false witnesses. One of them - Motilda Ivashchenko -got ashamed and did not appear in court. And there is no more evidence of our hatred and enmity, in addition to this so-called expertise. Therefore, the court, if it would be honest and fair, must admit inadmissible evidence, due to the fact that this is not a rigorous scientific and objective text, rather dirty and mendacious piece of paper times of medieval inquisition.

Prosecution is ashamed to voice excerpts from  lyrics by PussyRiot, because they are in fact the evidence of the lack of motive. I'll present you this excerpt here, I think it's very valuable. It's from the interview for the "Russian Reporter" magazine, that was given on the next day after the performance in the Chuch of Jesus The Savior: "We feel great respect to any religion and to orthodoxy in particular, that's why we're so distressed about that, so great and so positive as it is, Christian Philosophy is being used in such a filthy way. Our brain is getting blown out by that all this beauty is being now used from the back. All of this is quite painful to observe.

14:47 In the end I'd like to quote one of the Pussy Riot's songs, as if curiously enough all of them turned to be fateful. Including the one which says: "Head of the KGB, their major saint, guides the protesters to detention under escort".
 
15:06 And what I'm going to quote right now is this very line: "Open all doors, take off your shoulder straps, feel the air of freedom with us".

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