{"id":61165,"date":"2026-03-28T15:54:28","date_gmt":"2026-03-28T15:54:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/28\/pussy-riot-protests-tech-company-for-powering-russian-war-crimes\/"},"modified":"2026-03-28T15:54:28","modified_gmt":"2026-03-28T15:54:28","slug":"pussy-riot-protests-tech-company-for-powering-russian-war-crimes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/28\/pussy-riot-protests-tech-company-for-powering-russian-war-crimes\/","title":{"rendered":"Pussy Riot Protests Tech Company for &#8216;Powering Russian War Crimes&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>Masked collective occupy Ubiquiti&#8217;s Manhattan office in effort to stop the use of their tech to assist Russian military&#8217;s communications<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n\t\t<!-- do not apply CSS styles to this element! --><\/p>\n<div class=\"pmc-paywall\">\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/t\/pussy-riot\/\" id=\"auto-tag_pussy-riot\" data-tag=\"pussy-riot\">Pussy Riot<\/a> occupied the Manhattan offices of Ubiquiti Friday to protest the tech company\u2019s \u201crole in Russia\u2019s military aggression against <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/t\/ukraine\/\" id=\"auto-tag_ukraine\" data-tag=\"ukraine\">Ukraine<\/a>,\u201d the group said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tIn a video statement, Pussy Riot member Nadya explained how the Russian military has relied on Ubiquiti to communicate with troops on the frontline, and in doing so assisted in \u201cthousands of documented cases of war crimes by the russian army.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Pussy Riot occupies headquarters of American tech company Ubiquiti which powers Russian war crimes<\/p>\n<p>Since the disabling of Starlink, Russian soldiers been panicking:  \u201cAll we\u2019ve got left now are radios, cables and pigeons.\u201d But Ubiquiti\u2019s hardware has emerged as the favorite\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/AbJPSip1Og\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/AbJPSip1Og<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 \ud835\udd95\ud835\udd9a\ud835\udd98\ud835\udd98\ud835\udd9e \ud835\udd97\ud835\udd8e\ud835\udd94\ud835\udd99\ud83d\udca6 (@pussyrrriot) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/pussyrrriot\/status\/2037622691298267392?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">March 27, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tSince the disabling of Starlink, the Russian Military has a few options for communications on the battlefield \u2013 according to President Zelensky \u2018Russians are looking for alternatives and will build them.\u2019 Exasperated Russian soldiers exclaimed \u2018All we\u2019ve got left now are radios, cables and pigeons,&#8217;\u201d Pussy Riot said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\t\u201cBut Ubiquiti\u2019s hardware has emerged as the favorite replacement \u2013 with countless units now doing fundraisers for these long range bridges \u2013 which beam communication up to 15km to the frontline.\u00a0There are thousands of documented cases of war crimes by the russian army \u2013 targeting civilians, killing pows, raping women \u2013 civilians and prisoners , mass graves the list goes on.\u201d<\/p>\n<section class=\"brands-most-popular \/\/ recirculation-modules trending-in-article lrv-u-margin-tb-2 lrv-u-border-a-2 u-box-shadow-5-5 lrv-u-padding-lr-1 a-span1 u-padding-b-1@tablet u-overflow-hidden\">\n<h2 id=\"section-heading\" class=\"c-heading larva  lrv-u-text-align-center u-border-color-black a-font-theme-primary-xxs lrv-u-color-black lrv-u-text-transform-uppercase u-letter-spacing-0063 lrv-u-padding-t-050 u-padding-b-0375@tablet lrv-u-padding-b-050@mobile-max lrv-u-border-b-2\">\n<p>\t\tTrending Stories<\/p>\n<\/h2>\n<\/section>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tThe masked collective congregated outside Ubiquiti\u2019s corporate office Friday to protest the company as well as deliver three demands: \u201cObey US sanctions, acknowledge use by Russian Army, and work with Ukraine to stop this use.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"post-content-image \/\/  \">\n<figure class=\"o-figure   size-large is-resized alignnone lrv-u-max-width-100p\" style=\"width:545pxpx\">\n<div class=\"c-lazy-image  lrv-u-border-a-2\">\n<div class=\"lrv-a-crop-16x9\" style=\"\">\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div><figcaption class=\"c-figcaption  lrv-u-flex lrv-u-flex-direction-column lrv-u-align-items-center\">\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tShortly after the protest, Pussy Riot said that Ubiquiti responded to their demands by having their partner company Square \u201cdeactivate the account we use to sell T-shirts at our gigs.\u201d \u201cGoing after Russian feminist activists in exile, but not after Russian war criminals. Cringe,\u201d they wrote on social media.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">So, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Ubiquiti?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">@Ubiquiti<\/a> responded to our action. A few hours after we showed up at their headquarters in Manhattan,  <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Square?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">@Square<\/a> \u2013 Ubiquiti\u2019s partner company \u2013 deactivated the account we use to sell T-shirts at our gigs.<\/p>\n<p>Going after Russian feminist activists in exile, but not after Russian\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/xldOU4VYBO\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/xldOU4VYBO<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 \ud835\udd95\ud835\udd9a\ud835\udd98\ud835\udd98\ud835\udd9e \ud835\udd97\ud835\udd8e\ud835\udd94\ud835\udd99\ud83d\udca6 (@pussyrrriot) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/pussyrrriot\/status\/2037689939757060461?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">March 28, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/pussy-riot-protest-tech-company-ubiquiti-russian-war-crimes-1235538540\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Masked collective occupy Ubiquiti&#8217;s Manhattan office in effort to stop the use of their tech to assist Russian military&#8217;s communications Pussy Riot occupied the&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":61166,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-61165","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pop","article","has-excerpt","has-avatar","has-author","has-date","has-comment-count","has-category-meta","has-read-more","thumbnail-"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61165","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=61165"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61165\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/61166"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=61165"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=61165"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=61165"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}