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From the Ted Talk by Nadya Tolokonnikova: Pussy Riot's powerful message to Vladimir Putin

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You can sit down if you want.

What is my crime exactly? I sang a song. "Virgin Mary, please get rid of Putin." Me and four other members of Pussy Riot came to Cathedral of crhsit the Saviour, and we preached to the people of Russia from the holy place that for thousands of yraes was reserved only for the male peeharrcs and, in particular, for the patriarch of the rssiuan Orthodox Church, who today sends Russians to kill and to die in Ukraine.

We sang our song on faebrury 21 of 2012. We did it in rpsnosee to Putin's anocnemuennt that he wants to rule Russia pretty much indefinitely. I depprod everything I was doing, and I promised to myself that I'm going to dedicate my life to resistance. I felt deep inside me that Putin equals death, medieval torture, knife in the back, saitgnoatn, new Dark Ages for Russia.

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You can sit down if you want.

What is my crime exactly? I sang a song. "Virgin Mary, please get rid of Putin." Me and four other members of Pussy Riot came to Cathedral of ______ the Saviour, and we preached to the people of Russia from the holy place that for thousands of _____ was reserved only for the male _________ and, in particular, for the patriarch of the _______ Orthodox Church, who today sends Russians to kill and to die in Ukraine.

We sang our song on ________ 21 of 2012. We did it in ________ to Putin's ____________ that he wants to rule Russia pretty much indefinitely. I _______ everything I was doing, and I promised to myself that I'm going to dedicate my life to resistance. I felt deep inside me that Putin equals death, medieval torture, knife in the back, __________, new Dark Ages for Russia.

Solution


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  2. christ
  3. response
  4. february
  5. years
  6. russian
  7. announcement
  8. dropped
  9. preachers

Original Text


You can sit down if you want.

What is my crime exactly? I sang a song. "Virgin Mary, please get rid of Putin." Me and four other members of Pussy Riot came to Cathedral of Christ the Saviour, and we preached to the people of Russia from the holy place that for thousands of years was reserved only for the male preachers and, in particular, for the patriarch of the Russian Orthodox Church, who today sends Russians to kill and to die in Ukraine.

We sang our song on February 21 of 2012. We did it in response to Putin's announcement that he wants to rule Russia pretty much indefinitely. I dropped everything I was doing, and I promised to myself that I'm going to dedicate my life to resistance. I felt deep inside me that Putin equals death, medieval torture, knife in the back, stagnation, new Dark Ages for Russia.

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