| Pussy Riot – “Chaika” video HERE
Pussy Riot’s new video is inspired by the biggest political story in Russia – the recently uncovered bloody criminal connections and unbelievable corruption of Russia’s top law enforcement official – the General Prosecutor Yuri Chaika.
*** Who is Mr.Chaika and what’s so bad about him? ***
Yuri Chaika’s last name in Russian – “chaika” – translates to “seagull” and that’s why there are so many birds in this video. This unlucky bird became a symbol of corruption and murder in recent weeks. Mr. Chaika holds the highest law enforcement office in Russia – he’s the country’s General Prosecutor, a close ally of Putin and is supposed to be the top guy fighting evil gangs and corruption.
A month ago, in December 2015, an investigative film was published by the anti-corruption campaigner Alexey Navalny that instantly turned Mr. Chaika into one of Russia’s main bad guys, alongside his friend President Putin. Navalny’s film uncovered a level of criminal ties and corruption yet unseen in Russia. You can see the investigative documentary HERE. A note of importance is that Alexey Navalny’s brother Oleg received 3 years in prison at the end of 2014 as a punishment for their ongoing corruption investigations, so despite this fact, Navalny keeps on fighting to reveal Russian corruption.
According to the report, the son of Russia’s General Prosecutor, Artem Chaika, has close business connections with Russian mafia that staged a bloody massacre in the town of Kushevskaya and are serving life sentences for murdering 12 people, including 4 young children. Those 2 brutal killers go by the last names Tsapok and Tsepovyaz are mentioned in the lyrics of the song (check that below!). Besides that, the General Prosecutor’s son is implicated in murdering the boss of the shipyards in his dad’s home town of Irkutsk. His father’s connections helped him get away with this murder, although official medical documents show that this poor man was strangled to death.
While Yuri Chaika covered up these bloody criminal adventures, it allowed the family of the General Prosecutor to gain a massive fortune, buy one of the most expensive hotels in Greece and a couple of nice villas in Switzerland.
*** Is there a new Russian revolution about to happen after this crazy story came to light? Is Mr. Chaika in prison already? ***
Corruption and criminal connections have become so common around Putin and his friends that 82% of Russians who have heard this story believe it to be very typical for the way the Russian government operates. “Everyone steals and kills in the Kremlin!”, most Russians think. Corruption is everywhere and Russians are getting sick of it, but Putin uses government-controlled TV stations to convince people that the biggest threat to Russia is not the existence of Putin and officials like Chaika, but Western values.
*** What does Pussy Riot want to achieve here? ***
Pussy Riot demands an immediate investigation against General Prosecutor Chaika and his family, as well as against all the top officials in his office. We hope that the CHAIKA music video will help to convince people that we cannot live in a country where its top law enforcement official is the brightest symbol of corruption and murder. Pussy Riot hopes that people around the world will help us voice our outrage and turn Russia into a country where people like Chaika can no longer exist.
PUSSY RIOT – “Chaika” (english translation)
Be humble, learn to obey, don’t worry about material stuff
Be loyal to those in power, cause power is a gift from God, son
I love Russia
I’m a patriot
Live like a saint with holy simplicity
Don’t eat too much, be humble when you shop
And soon you’ll be all set,
First a deputy, then a district attorney,
Joined the communist party,
Made friends with the oligarchs
I’m a patriot
Straight out of Khabarovsk
And I choose to do business here, not in Europe, where they got gay people,
But in mother Russia, where I live.
Be loyal to those in power, cause power is a gift from God, son
I love Russia
I’m a patriot
Sure it’s nice to vacation in Greece or in Nice
Won’t go to Crimea, though, too many power cuts and problems
But if you ask me what I want —
To do business here or over the border? —
I’ll tell you that I’m devoted to our old Russian business traditions:
First, the cops will pull you in for questioning
Then it’ll look like an accident, you’ll be fed to the fish,
We’ll bury alive anyone you wish,
We’ll find nice jobs in prison for anyone who’s too smart
We look out for our own homies, you know —
Friendship, brother, is sacred here
No problem, brother, we’ll get those criminal charges off your butt
Anyone who talks too much will be buried alive
Anyone who fucks around will enjoy time in jail.
I don’t think Navalny or Pavlensky will bother you any more, Vladimir.
Be loyal to those in power, cause power is a gift from God, son
I love Russia
I’m a patriot
Take for instance the boss of the Irkutsk shipyards
He wasn’t in line with our interests
That boss didn’t want to sell or pay
But the Good Lord always finds a way
A garage, a stool, a rope, late at night
We can gently show the director the light
Our boys get official congratulations
While the poor fellow gets a cut from strangulation
My son wanted a salt mine for Christmas, not a tree
The priest said family values are sacred, oh Lord
Don’t worry, son
We’ll shut up all our competitors, son
You’ll have your bricks, your ships, and your salt mine
I’m a man of my word.
I told you I’d take care of everything.
Be loyal to those in power, cause power is a gift from God, son
I love Russia
I’m a patriot
But if you ask me —
Is it really time for Russia to expand and invade?
You better believe it is – the more we got of Russia, the more we can milk it.
I’m a patriot.
And I choose to do business here, not in Europe where they got gay people,
But here in mother Russia, where I live.
And If we’re going to kill and steal
I’ll always choose my motherland and I’ll do all that here at home
We’ll get help from DA’s in Kaluga and Khabarovsk
Our sweet killers Tsapok and Tsepovyaz have our backs in Krasnodar down south
What we have here is nothing like what they got in Switzerland.
I run the war on corruption here, or, to be precise, I run the corruption here.
I love Russia,
I’m a patriot
But I could live in Switzerland as well.
And son, if you do worry about material things in life,
Then be loyal to Putin forever, son.
I love Russia
I’m a patriot
Be humble, learn to obey, take care of your material stuff
You wanna get away with murder? — be loyal to your boss
I love Russia
I’m a patriot
Be humble, learn to obey, take care of your material stuff
You wanna get away with murder? — be loyal to your boss
I love Russia
I’m a patriot
Production & concept: Pussy Riot
Music: Pussy Riot & David Sitek
Direction: Nadya Tolokonnikova and Andrey Fenochka
Editing: Igor Malakhov
Art Direction: Zhenia Rzheznikova
Choreography: Vika Narakhsa
Prosecutors: Nadya Tolokonnikova, Vika Narakhsa, Marina Ganakh, Viktoria Biryukova, Ludmila Sukova, Ekaterina Shibaeva, Olga Krasnykh.Policewoman: Alia Datiy
Tortured: Nikolay Mulakov, Stanislav Kovalyov, Kirill Sukov
Hairstylist: Anna Egorova
Makeup: Ashot Aslayan
Administrator: Gala
Petr Verzilov: Petr Verzilov |
