Russian thugs, Cossacks, attack ***** Riot members, beat them with whips

[Sava]

Members of the punk band ***** Riot have been beaten with horsewhips during an attempt to perform in the host city of the Russian Winter Olympics.

Video footage shows five members of the Russian group, dressed in their signature bright colours and head masks, attempting to perform a song under a sign advertising the Sochi games.

At least 10 Cossacks are seen quickly approaching and firing pepper spray at the band members.

When they continue to sing and dance, the Cossacks use horsewhips to strike several of the women and one male supporter.

Some were violently unmasked and led away.

http://news.sky.com/story/1214174/*****-riot-beaten-with-horsewhips-in-sochi

Russia

They are pigs.

I'm glad their men's hockey team lost.

There's also a video.

[Elok]

Wait, how exactly are they continuing to sing and dance after being hit with pepper spray? Did all ten Cossacks somehow miss near-stationary targets at close range with a spreading-fire weapon, or are these robot doppelganger punk-chicks who feel no pain? If it's the former, I mourn for their proud military heritage. If the latter, we need to deploy Kid to Russia immediately so he can warn them about the terrible dangers of feminism.

[Ben Kenobi]

Searching for Horsewhipped Russian ***** again, Sava?

[Kidlicious]

Wait, how exactly are they continuing to sing and dance after being hit with pepper spray? Did all ten Cossacks somehow miss near-stationary targets at close range with a spreading-fire weapon, or are these robot doppelganger punk-chicks who feel no pain? If it's the former, I mourn for their proud military heritage. If the latter, we need to deploy Kid to Russia immediately so he can warn them about the terrible dangers of feminism.

USA is hard enough. I wouldn't last long in Russia.

[pchang]

Perhaps the masks shielded them from the pepper spray

[Elok]

I thought their "signature masks" were balaclavas or something. If they were wearing goggles, too, then the Cossacks are merely dumb for thinking capsaicin can penetrate glass.

[Kidlicious]

Mr Putin has staked his reputation on the Winter Games, hoping they will show the world Russia's modern face more than two decades since the fall of the Soviet Union.

Fail

[DaShi]

Wait, how exactly are they continuing to sing and dance after being hit with pepper spray? Did all ten Cossacks somehow miss near-stationary targets at close range with a spreading-fire weapon, or are these robot doppelganger punk-chicks who feel no pain? If it's the former, I mourn for their proud military heritage. If the latter, we need to deploy Kid to Russia immediately so he can warn them about the terrible dangers of feminism.

Pepper spray is probably one of the least toxic things that Russians are exposed to on a daily basis.

[100% Wolf]

Serb already ran away with his tail between his legs so this thread is pointless.

[Dinner]

If they're cossaks then where are their horses? BTW what manly men they must be to point guns at and horse whip unarmed girls playing music.

[Dinner]

Perhaps the masks shielded them from the pepper spray

It's part of their get up like Kiss's make up.

[Uncle Sparky]

Well, this is a true Russian crime I cannot forgive -

A trade ban on lacy lingerie has left Russian consumers and their neighbours with their knickers in a twist.

The ban will outlaw any underwear containing less than six per cent cotton from being imported, made, or sold in Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan.

And it has struck a chord in societies where La Perla and Victoria's Secret are panty paradises compared to Soviet-era cotton underwear, which was often about as flattering and shapely as drapery...

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Freestyle skier Ekaterina Stolyarova, 25, from Tomsk in Siberia, comes from a family famous in the sport. Her father Andrey Stolyarov is a merited freestyle coach, and her mother Marina a coach and international referee.

Photographs comparing sexy modern underwear to outdated, Soviet goods began spreading on Facebook and Twitter on Sunday, as women and men alike railed against the prospective changes.

'As a rule, lacy underwear ... is literally snatched off the shelves,' said Alisa Sapardiyeva, the manager of a lingerie store in Moscow, DD-Shop, as she flicked through her colorful wares. 'If you take that away again, the buyer is going to be the one who suffers the most.'

The Russians' love of sexy lingerie was clearly demonstrated by members of the country's Olympic team, who posed for photographs in skimpy underwear.

According to the Russian Textile Businesses Union, more than $4 billion worth of underwear is sold in Russia annually, and 80 per cent of the goods sold are foreign made. Analysts have estimated that 90 per cent of products would disappear from shelves, if the ban goes into effect this summer as planned...

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...ers-twist.html

This is wrong!!!

[onodera]

It's a crying shame how terrible Russian government was at handling PR. By putting them on trial and locking them up they turned them into a global brand. And now they can neither ignore them, since their antics are super popular in the media, nor prosecute them, since they have turned into martyrs of Putin's regime.

If I were Putin, I'd have ordered a hit on Petr Verzilov, Nadya's husband and the mastermind of the band. Make it look like a mugging attempt, PR will fade away in no time.

[Pekka]

A hit? I think more effective would be to just actually ignore it and say "I've listened to their CD and it was a waste of time".

[onodera]

Well, you can't ignore them since most Russians don't like them and they will escalate their escapades if left unchecked. So the gov is in a zugzwang right now.