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On Tuesday,\u00a0Nadieszda Kizenko, Patrick Michelson, and Paul Valliere spoke at Butler about religion and freedom of expression in Russia<\/a>, focusing on the now famous case of the punk band Pussy Riot and their \u201cPunk Prayer\u201d video that got so much attention on Facebook. The video of the lecture is now available, and I want to share it with you as it was really fantastic.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"