Satan in Moscow
― Ding, dong, bell, Pussy’s in the well, so goes the opening of a traditional English nursery rhyme. In the modern Russian version Pussy is not in a well but in prison. She was told by a Moscow judge on Friday that she must remain there, poor beast, until at least January of next year, pending proceedings on a charge of ‘hooliganism.’ ∙ The Pussy in question is actually three members of Pussy Riot, a Russian feminist punk rock band. Maria Alyokhina, Nadezhda Tolokonnikova, and Ekaterina [...].








