Watch out LadBaby! Pussy Riot issue new single just in time for Christmas that says Putin should be tried over Ukraine War

• The song, released today, is a rallying cry against Putin’s invasion of Ukraine
• It uses words from captured Russian soldiers as inspiration for its chorus
• The group call Putin a ‘war criminal’ and demand he is tried for his crimes 

Russian punk band Pussy Riot have released a new song in protest over the war in Ukraine and have called for Russian President Vladimir Putin to be tried for his actions.

In a statement released alongside the track, titled Mama, Don’t Watch TV, they describe Putin’s government as a ‘terrorist regime’ and the president, his officials, generals and propagandists as ‘war criminals’.

The song’s lyrics are a call against the war, including lines such as ‘Mama why is this war called a special operation?’ and ‘Let Moscow burn’.

Its music video contrasts scenes from the war and Russian TV with clips of the band performing the song, and a suitcase is pictured dripping with what appears to be fake blood.

Pussy Riot released their new single late Saturday morning, UK time, just in time for Christmas

The group, pictured in their iconic, brightly-coloured balaclavas, issued a rallying call against Putin’s war

 At the end of the video, one of the performers appears to relieve themselves on a portrait of President Putin.

The song has already racked up almost 40,000 views just a few hours after its release. 

It comes after President Volodymyr Zelensky blasted Russian ‘terror’ on Saturday after Vladimir Putin-ordered shelling left at least five dead and 20 injured in Kherson city. 

Pussy Riot have been touring Europe in recent months as they continue to defy Putin’s strict regime. 

The collective, which has long been fiercely critical of Putin, wrote in the statement: ‘This song is our statement against the war that Putin started in Ukraine.

‘On 24th February 2022 Russia began a wide scale military attack on Ukraine.

‘Russian bombs and rockets destroyed Ukrainian homes, schools, hospitals, wrecking towns and destroying lives.

‘We believe that Putin’s regime is a terrorist regime, and Putin himself, his officials, generals and propagandists are war criminals.’

The group added that the song’s chorus is based on the words of a captured Russian conscript soldier who reportedly told his mother on a phone call: ‘Mom, there are no Nazis here, don’t watch TV.’

This is a reference to Russia’s strict control over the media, which tells Russians lies about the reasons for the war, including that Ukraine is filled with Nazis and the ‘special operation’ is a liberation, not an invasion.

The song’s music video features scenes from the ongoing war alongside the band rapping the lyrics while wearing their signature colourful balaclavas.

In their statement, the group issued a three-point demand, calling on countries to stop purchasing Russian gas and oil and to cease the sale of weapons and police ammunition to Russia.

Members of Pussy Riot filmed themselves sticking up signs, apparently in Russia, with ‘war’ written on them

The music video included clips of the four performers on stage, against a backdrop with a war-critical message emblazoned upon it

The group’s latest song includes anti-war lyrics based on Russian soldiers’ phone calls home once captured by Ukraine

As well as shots of news footage and Pussy Riot going underground to take action, there are also ordinary scenes of the group singing at cafes

In their statement, the group issued a three-point demand, calling on countries to stop purchasing Russian gas and oil and to cease the sale of weapons and police ammunition to Russia

Members of Pussy Riot take part in their music video for their latest single, a song against war in Ukraine

Pussy Riot perform during their tour of Europe, shown in their latest music video

Tolokonnikova and her husband Pyotr Verzilov (right) attended the Watermill Center in the Hamptons on July 25. Above, they are pictured with musicians Inge Colsen (far left) and Matt Kulakov (second from left)

They also requested for the western bank accounts and property of Russian officials and oligarchs to be arrested and for personal sanctions to be introduced against them as well as an international tribunal to ‘try Vladimir Putin, employees of Russian state propaganda, army officers and everyone who is responsible for the genocide of the Ukrainian nation’.

The group is known for staging protests often against the actions taken by the Russian government and officials.

They have had a membership of at least eleven people since their founding, and shot to public attention in the west in 2012. 

In 2021, the Russian Justice Ministry designated one of the group’s members, Nadezhda Tolokonnikova, as a ‘foreign agent’ as part of efforts to stifle dissent.

The ‘foreign agent’ label implies additional government scrutiny and carries strong pejorative connotations that can discredit recipients.

Tolokonnikova had previously become known for taking part in a 2012 protest inside Moscow’s Christ The Saviour Cathedral, after which she spent nearly two years in prison. A second member was tried and sentenced on the same charge.

Fellow collective member Maria Alyokhina was also detained in Moscow in 2021 after protests broke out demanding the release of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny.

In 2018, four members of the group invaded the pitch during the World Cup final being held in Moscow to protest against police brutality, an action for which they served 15 days in jail.

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