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Interview with the members of Pussy Riot, interviewed by Artemyi Troitsky

video by MIND Media (www.mind.ee)

Artemyi "Artjom" Troitsky is one of the most influential cultural figures in Russia and an internationally known music journalist. In 1986 he took part in organizing the Soviet Union's first charity concert, "Account no 904" for the victims of Chernobyl. After that he wrote many books on Soviet rock and its history, including "Back in the USSR - The True Story of Rock in Russia". In the 1990s, Troitsky was the musical director of Channel 2 of Russia's national television and also worked as a talk-show host and the first editor-in-chief of the Russian Playboy. During the new millennium, this expertise has been compiled into two article collections, which have only been published in Finland. Nowadays Troitsky runs his own radio programme. In addition, he gives lectures in universities in Moscow on music journalism and the history of the music industry. He is the founder of Russia's annual music award STEPPENWOLF, has his own concert agency and record company and is an active member of a Russian environmental movement and a political protest movement activist.