Today, Pussy Riot release two new tracks about Russian law enforcement downers: “КОШМАРЫ / NIGHTMARES” and “PONG!”.

The first is Pussy Riot’s take on the Russian prison chanson, a “creepy and nightmarish tale” about incarceration. It’s a partial cover of late Dina Vierny's "Nightmares". “Set to be pummelling, strobe-y hardcore club and gabber tracks” as described by Crack Magazine.

Pussy Riot says:
"In Russia prison chanson is big. It’s a chance for many to establish your identity in the face of the giant oppressive machine, that swallows people and spits out coffins. Building an alternative universe in prisoners’ folklore helps to keep valuing and respecting yourself as a human being, even if you’re living in a fucking nightmarish hell. We decided to use gabber to maintain the hardcore energy of prison chanson.

Prison songs have nor songwriters, nor producers. They belong to everybody, and they have proven to be a amazing tool of empowerment: a good old song that’s making laugh of prison guards can lift your spirit in a sad moment and, thus, literally save your life (spirit is pretty much the only one thing that keeps you alive in Russian prison).

Posting these two tracks, we demand to release Oleg Sentsov, Russian political prisoner, who was sentenced to 20 years in jail and who's on hunger strike for 72 days."

Eight days ago Pussy Riot activists created "Policeman Enters The Game" during the World Soccer Cup finale to shine a light on the Russian police state and demanded the release of political prisoners. In a BBC News interview, Petya Verzilov talks about how they were able to storm the soccer field. Long after all international soccer fans have returned home, the fellow Pussy Riot members are still serving their 15 days in a Russian jail.

Pussy Riot released “Track About Good Cop” in response to the verdict: “This track is a utopian dream about alternative political reality in which instead of arresting activists and putting them in jail cops are joining activists. The world where cops got rid of homophobia, stopped the war on drugs and actually understood that it's much better to be joyful and nice to people.”

Late last week a victory for the Russian protest art collective in the court against their Russian government as the European Court of Human Rights condemned Russia for its harsh, humiliating and severe treatment of the Pussy Riot members after the 2012 protest in the Moscow cathedral, more on it below.

Alongside the recent live actions, there will be new art revealed to spread the continued calls for action and protest to a wider audience.

Some of Pussy Riot’s members’ identity was unfortunately and abruptly revealed after her arrest for performing 35 seconds of the Punk Prayer “Virgin Mary, Put Putin Away” in Moscow’s Savior’s Cathedral in 2012. Since then Pussy Riot’s worked on new music and video art, such as: “I Can’t Breathe”, their first English language song made in honor of Eric Garner, “Chaika” about Russia’s corrupt prosecutor general, “Make America Great Again” which was eerily created and shot before #45 was elected president, and “Police State” with a video starring Chloe Sevigny and released at the end of last year.

Art is just a part of Pussy Riot’s mission. In 2014, since the release of two members from prison, they launched Mediazona, a free-of-censorship independent Russian media agency focusing on law enforcement issues like conditions in prisons and prosecutions of political activists. Activists of Pussy Riot are advocating for the prison reform in Russia and providing help and lawyers to prisoners.