Alexander Podrabinek: "Russia's notoriety"

“The search for a balance between personal freedom and public morality, between religious rituals and the secular character of the state is very painful and not at all simple even from a legal point of view. That is why the clumsy decision of the Khamovnichesky court in the Pussy Riot case made such a repulsive impression on Western society, which is so diligently seeking compromises between freedom, religion, morality and politics. In our country, such problems are solved purely in the Russian way: easily, thoughtlessly and always to the detriment of the individual, thanks to which we again became “famous” throughout the world, but not at all in the way everyone would like. "