Pussy Riot, the feminist punk collective, announced in a video trailer that it will release a new video today dedicated “to all Russian political prisoners.”
One of its leading members, Masha Alekhina, was sentenced to two months house arrest for “violating sanitary-epidemiological norms” that could spread Covid-19 at protests on 23 January in support of the jailed opposition leader Aleksei Navalny. Navalny’s film about a luxurious palace allegedly built for President Vladimir Putin has been viewed over 100 million times since it was released on YouTube on 19 January.
State media have also accused Alekhina and another Pussy Riot activist, Lucy Shteyn, of ramming a police car.
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Three members of the Art/Punk/Activist band Pussy Riot have been arrested in Russia. On 23rd January nationwide demonstrations calling for the release of jailed opposition leader Aleksei Navalny, who was poisoned by Vladimir Putin on a flight from Siberia turned violent when police attacked the crowd.
Pussy Riot’s Masha Alekhina, Viktoria Naraxsa, and Lucy Shteyn were included in a list of artists/protesters removed by police in Moscow. Both Narakhsa and Shteyn were given a 10-day jail sentence and authorities fined and released Alekhina on 30,000 rubles $400.
Revelations that Putin has built a lavish Versailles-style palace on the Black Sea with rooms for pole dancing and spa-style facilities have reverberated throughout Russia sparking some of the unrest.