"Members of Russian protest punk group Pussy Riot were beaten by horse
whip-wielding Cossacks when they performed next to the Olympic rings in
front of Sochi City Hall on February 19. With balaclavas covering their
heads, the band shouted: "Putin will teach you how to love the
motherland!" in a tongue-in-cheek show that saw them joined by a person
dressed as an Olympic mascot to make the performance more sarcastic.
The
gig was up three minutes later when Cossacks and security officials
showed up. They pepper sprayed and whipped band members, pulled off
their masks and threw a plastic guitar in a garbage can. A man in bright
yellow tank top was beaten and was bleeding from his face. Witnesses
were questioned, but no one was arrested."
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