At a regular news conference in Sochi, International Olympic Committee spokesman Mark Adams had only minimal comment on the arrest of two members of the punk band Pussy Riot, and he expressed hope for an end to the violence in Ukraine. (Feb. 19).
At a regular news conference in Sochi, International Olympic Committee spokesman Mark Adams had only minimal comment on the arrest of two members of the punk band Pussy Riot, and he expressed hope for an end to the violence in Ukraine. (Feb. 19)
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Members of the punk rock band Pussy Riot made their first US public appearance Tuesday for Amnesty International's 'Bringing Human Rights Home' concert. (Feb. 4)
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Two members of the Russian punk group Pussy Riot have been released after being detained by police in Sochi, the host city of the Winter Olympics. No charges were filed against Nadezhda Tolokonnikova and Maria Alekhina. (Feb. 18)
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Two former members of the all-female Russian punk band Pussy Riot were detained in central Sochi on Tuesday, the husband of a member told CNN.
Maria Alyokhina and Nadezhda Tolokonnikova were recently released from prison, ahead of the Sochi Olympics.
The two were near the seaport, meeting journalists, when police took them in, Tolokonnikova's husband said.
Local police have not yet confirmed the detention.
The pair was planning to record a song in English called 'Putin will teach you love the homeland.'
Tolokonnikova posted photos to Twitter of what she claims is herself in a car being taken to a police station.
Alyokhina posted a tweet saying they had had been detained near the church of Mikhail the Archangel and were accused of committing a crime. Officers forced them into a police van, she said.
Tolokonnikova and Alyokhina, who are highly critical of President Vladimir Putin, went to Sochi to protest against the lack freedom of speech in Russia.
The former band members were thrown in jail for nearly two years after they were convicted of 'hooliganism' and inciting religious hatred for performing a riotous punk song slamming Putin in a Moscow Cathedral -- and posting a video of it online.
A third member of Pussy Riot, Yekaterina Samutsevich, was released in 2012.
In February, other members of the band distanced themselves from Tolokonnikova and Alyokhina.
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Two members of Russian punk band Pussy Riot were detained briefly Tuesday in central Sochi, after apparently being considered suspects in a theft at their hotel, and then released.
'A survey in connection with the theft at the Hotel Adler is completed, there is no claim against those questioned,' police said in a prepared statement.
Earlier in the day, band members Maria Alyokhina and Nadezhda Tolokonnikova were meeting with journalists when police detained them, according to Tolokonnikova's husband, Petr Verzilov. Russian media corroborated the report.
'They were put to the floor and beaten and physical force was used to them when they refused to be questioned without the presence of their lawyer, who was on his way to the police department,' Verzilov told reporters.
'Unbelievable lawlessness, even we are amazed,' tweeted Tolokonnikova. 'Beat on the floor of the department, in the Olympic capital!'
Invoking the name of Russian President Vladimir Putin, she added, 'They dragged me on the floor in the hall of the department, hands tied behind back and thrown to the floor. Putin will teach you to love the motherland!'
She said they would file a complaint with the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation.
The two women had been walking down a street accompanied by the journalists, three other members of Pussy Riot who use pseudonyms, and two local activists, when a gr
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Cossack militia attacked the Pussy Riot punk group with horsewhips Wednesday as the group tried to perform under a sign advertising the Olympics. Wearing their signature ski masks, 6 group members started to sing as security officials moved in. (Feb. 19)
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Members of the punk group Pussy Riot held a surprise mini-performance in Sochi on Wednesday. It happened just hours after Cossack militia attacked some of them as they tried to perform in a different location. (Feb. 19)
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Two members of the dissident Russian punk band Pussy Riot were attacked by a group of men while eating breakfast at a McDonald's restaurant in a Russian city on Thursday.
The unidentified men threw trash and squirted paint at the two band members, Nadezhda Tolokonnikova and Maria Alyokhina, in the city of Nizhny Novgorod, about 400 kilometers (250 miles) east of Moscow.
The band members posted a video of the attack online, which left them with paint smeared over their faces.
The video shows a group of about six men assaulting the women, who are seated at a table. The men shout obscenities and tell the women to get out of the city and go to America. Tolokonnikova cries out at one point, stumbling away from the table holding her face.
Pussy Riot gained international attention in 2012 after members of the band were arrested for performing an expletive-ridden song denouncing Russian President Vladimir Putin in a Russian Orthodox cathedral in Moscow.
Tolokonnikova and Alyokhina, who both have young children, were sent to prison after being convicted of hooliganism and inciting religious hatred. Russian authorities freed the pair in December.
Several other high-profile critics of the Russian government were released ahead of the Winter Olympics, which took place in the resort of Sochi last month.
Nearly two years in prison failed to silence Tolokonnikova and Alyokhina. After their release, they immediately resumed their denuncia
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Renegade Russian punk band 'Pussy Riot' released a new music video, taking on the country's oil industry. The three women in the band were jailed on hooliganism charges last year. One was released on appeal.
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