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| Pussy Riot horsewhipped in Sochi |
| 2014-02-20 |
| [ABC.NET.AU] Members of Russian protest punk band Pussy Riot were attacked in Sochi by Cossack militia armed with horsewhips. The scuffles came a day after band members Nadezhda Tolokonnikova and Maria Alyokhina were detained by police in the Russian Black Sea resort for several hours in connection with a theft case. The latest fracas over their stay in Sochi came as the International Olympic Committee (IOC) warned the girls that it would be "wholly inappropriate" to stage actions outside Winter Olympic venues. The clash took place as Tolokonnikova, Alyokhina and one other Pussy Riot member sought to stage an action in the centre of Sochi, about 30 kilometres north of the main Olympic Park. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #5 From the sounds of Sochi hookup news, the lead word of the noun subject might very well be interchangeable with the noun-verb conjunctive. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2014-02-20 17:09 |
| #4 EU, the original article said, "beaten by Russian security officials with horsewhips". Getting spanked might be funny, but horsewhipping does not sound like it is fit for anyone. Well, maybe some really nasty criminals... |
| Posted by: Bobby 2014-02-20 17:08 |
| #3 Mother Putin's pet Cossacks are whip-equipped, Riding hard into combat when wigs are flipped: "It's good to be Czar, Cuz it lights my cigar When I witness a nettlesome hussy whipped!" |
| Posted by: Zenobia Floger6220 2014-02-20 14:59 |
| #2 I know that you didn't want to write "horsewhipped"... |
| Posted by: European Conservative 2014-02-20 08:28 |
| #1 ROTFML |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2014-02-20 01:32 |