“The Prayer” by a.powers-fudyma. Acrylic on canvas, 2012, Pussy Riot performing a song against Vladimir Putin in the Christ Savior Cathedral. Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 2.0) Welcome to Undertones, the Civic Media Observatory newsletter! In each edition we’ll analyze an event, emerging trend, or a complex story, identifying key narratives of urgent public interest, delving deep into the context and subtext of local, vernacular and multilingual media. Undertones also offers an entry point into the public datasets that underpin our Observatory work. Subscribe to UndertonesOn March 8, 1917, thous…

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