Wednesday, August 29, 2012

Pussy Riot's hooliganism explained

Jessen O'Brien interviews Malynne Sternstein.
"...In the Soviet Union 'hooliganism' (хулиганство, khuliganstvo) was made a criminal offence under the penal codes of the Soviet republics. In the Russian Soviet Federated Socialist Republic (RSFSR), article 216 of the penal code defined 'hooliganism' as 'any deliberate behavior that violates public order and expresses explicit disrespect toward society.'..."

(via University of Chicago New fof Alumni and Friends)

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