«[...] The sentence is an insult. In the closing section of the verdict, Judge Marina Syrova read
“psychiatric-psychological examinations” of Nadia, Masha, and Katya, as
the women are known. All three were found to suffer from a
“mixed-personality disorder,” a condition that included different
combinations of a “proactive approach to life,” “a drive for
self-fulfillment,” “stubbornly defending their opinion,” “inflated
self-esteem,” “inclination to opposition behavior,” and “propensity for
protest reactions.”
It’s hard to think of a better definition of the Pussy Riot “crime.”
These same psychological “abnormalities” were the targets of systematic
eradication during the decades of Bolshevik terror and the following
period of the Soviet police state: a Soviet man had to be quiescent,
unquestioning, and submissive.»
The New Yorker, 17 de Agosto, aqui.
