Maria Alyokhina: “They’re starting to perceive simple honesty as a declaration of war”
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Pussy Riot member and co-founder of “Mediazona”, a media outlet declared a foreign agent in Russia, actionist and activist Maria Alyokhina is the guest of the new episode of “Tell Gordeeva”.
Why do we know so little about women’s prisons, and why do female prisoners remain silent about torture and abuse? What does a Russian prison do to a person? Could Masha Alyokhina have imagined ten years ago that these questions would become some of the main ones in her life?
This is a very tough interview. But we thought it was important for you to see it.
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Contents:
0:00 “You don't know which window might belong to an apartment turned into a prison”
4:10 “I came up with the hashtag “glitter against repression”
6:07 Advertisement for a very stylish film
8:26 “One visit to a human rights defender, and you’re done for the next term”
11:12 Masha Alyokhina explains why in women’s prisons everyone walks in formation and remains silent
15:16 “With this bracelet, the city becomes different” — Masha about being under house arrest
20:11 Advertisement about Dali and the art of accumulating
21:49 “Tell me in 2009 that I’ll be working on prisoners’ rights, I’d say: what?”
27:05 You would be rich and famous there, but in Russia you’re under house arrest
33:40 “I don’t need a one-way ticket” — why Alyokhina doesn’t leave Russia
35:26 Sharp-nosed boots and a briefcase — how agents dress
38:00 How can you forgive someone who hasn’t been in your life for 20 years?
40:46 “What they’ve turned Victory Day into is hypocrisy and lies”
45:36 “Less than ten years have passed between 2012 and 2021, but the difference is huge”
50:44 “You could have prepared better” — what Alyokhina thinks about the Pussy Riot action in the Cathedral of Christ the Savior now
53:14 “I’m a believing person”
56:48 The most poignant moment in Alyokhina’s book
1:02:50 Bukovsky, Solzhenitsyn, Gorbanevskaya: which books Alekhina read in the pre-trial detention center
1:07:22 “5% of women in prison have lawyers, 20% receive packages from the outside”
1:10:08 “Oksana Darova is a super lawyer”
1:20:06 “People understand that anyone can go to jail.”
1:22:12 “I didn’t need amnesty”
1:24:15 Why didn’t Masha immediately fly to her son after being released from the colony?
1:28:36 What is Masha’s relationship with Nadezhda Tolokonnikova?
1:30:24 “It was clear that “Mediazona” would be declared a foreign agent” (declared a foreign agent in Russia)
1:34:36 “I’d had enough of it” — about breaking up with Dmitry Enteo
1:40:33 Is Masha in love again?
1:45:12 “Actions are done to speak about a problem as loudly as possible”
1:46:16 “It doesn’t matter to me what’s between a person’s legs”
1:49:35 “But will it still be you if you act out of fear?”
1:53:29 Blitz
Maria Alekhina’s book “Riot Days”: https://www.podpisnie.ru/books/rior-d...
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