"A Bitter Taste of Freedom" (2011) - Marina Goldovskaya

Anna Politkovskaya talking about her last book “ A Russian Diary”:
“I was dreaming about writing an optimistic book with an ending, something similar to Maidan (Orange Revolution). I was just dreaming about it. Because everyone wants to be a romantic. But it isn’t taking place. We just have to look in the face of reality. Our revolution will not be a nice revolution, if it’s going to happen.”
From the documentary by Marina Goldovskaya about Anna Politkovskaya “A Bitter Taste of Freedom” (2011).

Dangerous Art: From Varvara Stepanova to Pussy Riot. Lecture by Irina Aristarkhova

Irina Aristarkhova, associate professor of art & design, history of art, and women's studies, University of Michigan. Feb 6, 2013.

Polina Kanis - Eggs

Kanis Polina - Eggs from Moscow Rodchenko Artschool on Vimeo.

Polina Kanis - Purification

Kanis Polina - Purification from Moscow Rodchenko Artschool on Vimeo.
In her work “Purification”, Kanis reconstructs a ritual foot-washing common to varied cultures and traditions. She washes the feet of young people dressed in a white uniform, one by one, in so doing trying to reconsider it, and to purify it of its existing meanings and stereotypes. In the end, placed within a contemporary context, the canonical image entire deconstructs itself.

Nadezhda Tolokonnikova - on a hunger strike since 23d of September 2013

Pussy Riot's Nadezhda Tolokonnikova attends court in 2012. Photograph: Aleshkovsky Mitya/ Aleshkovsky Mitya/ITAR-TASS Photo/Corbis

http://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/sep/23/pussy-riot-hunger-strike-nadezhda-tolokonnikova