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Nadezhda Tolokonnikova
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“When we were jailed, Pussy Riot immediately became very popular and widely known, and it turned from just a group to essentially an international movement. Anybody can be Pussy Riot, you just need to put on a mask and stage an active protest of something in your particular country, wherever that may be, that you consider unjust. And we’re not here as the leaders of Pussy Riot or determining what Pussy Riot is and what it does or what it says. We are just two individuals that spent two years in jail for taking part in a Pussy Riot protest action.”
Nadezhda Tolokonnikova (born 1989) first seen 2013 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Statement onstage at an Amnesty International Concert presented by the CBGB Festival at Barclays Center. (6 February 2013)
“I think the most fascinating fact about Ukrainians, and I hear it from them, is that they’re never going to give up. A lot of Ukrainians have said that Putin was expecting them to give up the control of the country to him. But that didn’t happen. They just have this spirit of, “This is our country. This is our baby.” And I really think that the president of Ukraine, Zalenskyy, is doing really, really well. He refused to leave Kyiv and he said, “We’re just going to defend it.” And they’re achieving amazing results.”
Nadezhda Tolokonnikova (born 1989) first seen 2022 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Pussy Riot’s Nadya Tolokonnikova: 'Fuck Putin. I Hope He Dies Soon'", by Kory Grow, Rolling Stone (27 February 2022)
“I think it`s just a - it`s a question of moral choice, and I cannot say that everyone has to make that choice, but I definitely have much more respect to those people who make moral choice not to be silent and go and express their position, whether it`s on the streets or on the Internet. Use your voice while you still can use it, because maybe tomorrow you`re not going to have it anymore.”
Nadezhda Tolokonnikova (born 1989) first seen 2022 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Pussy Riot Founder To Russian Protesters: ‘Use Your Voice While You Still Can’" The Last Word with Lawrence O'Donnell (8 March 2022) - (Transcript)
“Vladimir Putin became intimidated by Ukraine choosing the path to freedom and democracy. That's why the Russian army bombs maternity wards, schools, hospitals, rapes and kills civilians and throws their bodies in mass graves. Putin and everyone who supports him are dead inside and they must be defeated.”
Nadezhda Tolokonnikova (born 1989) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Vladimir Vladimorovich: The Kremlin walls became your prison walls. You have already lost. You know it. That's why you are so afraid. You lost in spirit. The world is on Ukraine's side. The world is with the people of Ukraine.”
Nadezhda Tolokonnikova (born 1989) first seen 2023 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Speaking at TED: "Pussy Riot's powerful message to Vladimir Putin", April 2023
“The global community was extremely complacent, and I see two reasons: hypocrisy, based on greed. People would make statements that they did not support Putin’s politics, and his oppression of the political opposition, and the wars that he started… But at the same time they would continue doing business with him. ... People underestimate how dangerous dictators are. In 2014, we spoke to the UK parliament, we spoke at the Senate in the US, we were asked by a lot of people how they should talk to Putin, how they should frame the conversation, and I always advised that they should be as strict as they could. You cannot play nice with Putin.”
Nadezhda Tolokonnikova (born 1989) first seen 2022 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: As quoted in "Pussy Riot’s Nadya Tolokonnikova blames ‘greed and stupidity’ for world’s complacency on Putin", by Ellie Harrisson in The Independent (9 March 2022)