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Pussy Riot to attend Bergen film festival

Two members of Pussy Riot, the Russian feminist punk rock outfit, are to speak at the Bergen International Film Festival about 'Pussy vs Putin', a documentary about their political struggle.

Published: 13 January 2014 16:33 CET

Pussy Riot to attend Bergen film festival

Nadezhda Tolokonnikova Photo: Bergen International Film Festival website

Maria Alyokhina and Nadezhda Tolokonnikova were released from a Russian prison just before Christmas after serving a two-year sentence for mounting an anti-Putin protest in Moscow's main Russian Orthodox Cathedral.

"The filmmakers have followed us from the very start. They are critical in the development of our political and aesthetic expressions," the two women said in an email to the festival organizers. "This film is unique."

Anders Beyer, the director of the festival, said that Pussy Riot's story fitted well with this year's theme.

"This year is the anniversary of the constitution, and the festival wants to highlight this by discussing democracy and identity," he said.

'Pussy vs Putin' is made by Gogol's Wives Productions.

When the two activists are in Norway, they want to talk about his new project 'Zona Prava', and plan a trip to Oslo where they will visit some of Norway's prisons.

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Rental prices in Norway's biggest cities continue to rise

A sharp increase in rent prices in Norway continued throughout the third quarter, figures from Real Estate Norway (Eiendom Norge) released on Tuesday show.

“Real Estate Norway’s rental housing price statistics show a historically strong rise in rental housing prices in Norway in the third quarter,” Henning Lauridsen, CEO of Real Estate Norway, stated in a report on the latest figures.

Growth was most robust in Stavanger and Oslo, according to Real Estate Norway.

“The strong growth in rental prices we have seen in the wake of the pandemic continued in the third quarter, and it is particularly in the Stavanger region and in Oslo that the growth in rental prices is strong,” Lauridsen said.

Stavanger and nearby Sandnes saw the largest price increases, with the cost of renting there increasing by 4.7 percent during the third quarter. During the same period, rents in Oslo increased by 2.5 percent, while a marginal 0.3 percent rise was recorded in Trondheim.

While the cost of renting in Norway’s four largest cities overall increased by 2 percent, rental prices in Bergen declined. There, rents fell by 2.5 percent in the third quarter.

Lauridsen said that the increase in rental prices was likely to continue due to several factors. High inflation, interest rates, increased taxes on rental properties and a low supply of homes on the market all contributed to increasing rents.

However, he did note that the supply of rental homes on the market had increased in Trondheim and Oslo since the summer.

Lauridsen said that the least well-off financially were being hit hardest by rent rises. Previously, the Norwegian government has informed The Local that it will not introduce a temporary cap on rent increases.

READ MORE: Norway’s government rules out a temporary rent cap

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