Pussy versus Putin is a 2013 Russian documentary film by the film collective Gogol's Wives chronicling the history of the group Pussy Riot and their struggle with the political regime in Russia. The film received the NTR IDFA Award for Best Mid-Length Documentary at the 2013 International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam.[3][4]

Pussy Versus Putin
Still frame of Pussy Riot performance on the trolleybus roof in Moscow
RussianPussy protiv Putina
Directed byTaisiya Krugovykh, Vasily Bogatov
Written byTaisiya Krugovykh, Vasily Bogatov
Produced byGogol's Wives Production
Ilya Zaslavskiy (Associate Producer, Free Speech LLC)
StarringNadezhda Tolokonnikova
Maria Alyokhina
Yekaterina Samutsevich
Pyotr Verzilov
Vladimir Putin
Andrew Tolokonnikov
CinematographyTaisiya Krugovykh, Vasily Bogatov
Edited byTaisiya Krugovykh, Vasily Bogatov
Release date
  • November 2013 (2013-11) (IDFA)[1][2]
Running time
63 minutes
CountryRussia
LanguageRussian

The one-hour film includes sequences in which group members discuss their political aims, footage of their guerrilla-style performances during the run-up to the 2012 Russian presidential election as well as the intimidation and physical harassment they face, shot from behind bars and inside prison vans.[5]

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References

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  1. ^ "Pussy Versus Putin - IDFA". Retrieved 12 May 2020 – via www.idfa.nl.
  2. ^ "IDFA 2013: The Highlights – Point of View Magazine". povmagazine.com. 26 March 2014. Retrieved 12 May 2020.
  3. ^ Russian focus — the magazine of the Session
  4. ^ Frost, Caroline (17 December 2013). "Documentary: 'Pussy Versus Putin' Gives Insider's View Of The Cost Of Taking On The Might Of The Kremlin". Huffington Post. Retrieved 17 June 2015.
  5. ^ MacNab, Geoffrey (20 November 2013). "Scenes Putin doesn't want you to see". The Independent. Retrieved 17 June 2015.
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