[lbo-talk] A PR disaster: Five views on Pussy Riot's war

Doug Henwood dhenwood at panix.com
Thu Aug 23 09:21:28 PDT 2012


On Aug 23, 2012, at 12:17 PM, Wojtek S <wsoko52 at gmail.com> wrote:


> Ravi: "They were arrested for hooliganism"
>
> [WS:] Hooliganism, like sedition, is mainly in the eye of the
> beholder, especially when no physical harm is done. It is basically
> Russian equivalent of "disorderly conduct" in the US which can mean
> anything that the cop says it does.

Maximum penalty in NYC: 15 days. The PR women were facing up to 7 years.

Doug



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