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Bulgaria: The Red Army Supports Pussy Riot

Categories: Eastern & Central Europe, Bulgaria, Russia, Freedom of Speech, Humor, Ideas, Law, Politics, Protest

On the day of the verdict in the Pussy Riot trial, Russian embassies worldwide are seeing demonstrations in support of the incriminated punk band members. The Red Army [1] Monument in the capital of Bulgaria, Sofia, has joined in: a picture [2] of it with some of the soldiers wearing Pussy Riot-styled hats has spread on social networks this morning. The Macedonian outlet think.mk publishes a short post [3] [mk] comparing this political art expression with the previous one [4], when the soldiers were painted as comics characters.