Legal Outlaw of a Punk Subculture? Hey, It's Russia.

Our focus on punk the last couple of weeks reminded me of a really strange article I read while in St. Petersburg this summer. There's a strong punk movement in Russia and now the emo subculture has become quite popular among teenagers there. I know many American parents disapprove of the whole emo look and find it kind of creepy, but in Russia they find it outright dangerous and have begun to try to suppress the culture altogether. It's amazing how generally the proposed bill typifies the emo population. I think my favorite quote is "the dream of every emo is to die in a warm bath from the blood of cutting their wrists." Hm.