Pussy Versus Putin

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]

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)

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Pussy Versus Putin
Still frame of Pussy Riot performance on the trolleybus roof in Moscow
Russian	Pussy protiv Putina
Directed by	Taisiya Krugovykh, Vasily Bogatov
Written by	Taisiya Krugovykh, Vasily Bogatov
Produced by	Gogol's Wives Production Ilya Zaslavskiy (Associate Producer, Free Speech LLC)
Starring	Nadezhda Tolokonnikova Maria Alyokhina Yekaterina Samutsevich Pyotr Verzilov Vladimir Putin Andrew Tolokonnikov
Cinematography	Taisiya Krugovykh, Vasily Bogatov
Edited by	Taisiya Krugovykh, Vasily Bogatov
Release date	November 2013 (2013-11) (IDFA)[1][2]
Running time	63 minutes
Country	Russia
Language	Russian

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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]