A nationalist mob wearing “patriotic” symbols attacked two members of the Russian protest group Pussy Riot, shouting obscenities as they pelted the women with garbage and a bright green liquid.  The two women were left with chemical burns and head wounds.

Pussy Riot caught the whole thing on video and uploaded it to the Internet.  The women were eating breakfast at a McDonald’s in Nizhny Novgorod when the young men wearing Saint George Ribbons attacked, shouting “Go to America!” and being too damned stupid to realize the irony of doing this in the biggest symbol of American cultural influence.

“It hurts!  Why are you doing this?” Nadezhda Tolokonnikova says, with green stains on her face and hands.  “You don’t have the right to hurt me.  Please don't do that to anyone anymore.”

Maria Alyokhina said on Twitter that she and Tolokonnikova were attacked on their way to a local penal colony where she served her prison term.  The two said after their release from jail last year that they would fight for prisoners' rights.  The police claim to be investigating, and if they really are they should look at the video because the attackers faces are very clearly seen.