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Pussy Riot member could be transferred after court ruling
The prison camp where Pussy Riot punk Maria Alyokhina is being held broke the law by keeping her in isolation for too long, prosecutors said Wednesday, raising the possibility she could be transferred to another prison. Alyokhina, 24, is serving a two-year sentence in Corrective Labour Camp No.28 in the…
Russian court cancels two formal reprimands against jailed Pussy Riot member
A Russian court ordered the cancellation Friday of two formal reprimands against a jailed Pussy Riot member, in a move her supporters hailed as a rare victory for the embattled punk band. Maria Alyokhina, who is serving a two-year sentence in a prison camp over a protest against President Vladimir…
Court denies Pussy Riot member request to defer prison time for her 5-year-old son
A Russian court on Wednesday turned down a request by a jailed member of the feminist punk band Pussy Riot to defer serving her jail sentence until her five-year-old son is older. “The court has ruled not to satisfy the petition,” the judge said at Berezniki city court in the…
Pussy Riot member opens up about prison camp routine
One of Russia’s jailed Pussy Riot punks complained Monday of grey monotony and strict rules in her prison camp in the Urals mountains, in her first detailed account of her experiences. In an article in The New Times weekly, Maria Alyokhina, 24, described her first weeks at Corrective Labour Colony…
Lawyer: Pussy Riot members arrive at remote prison camps
The jailed Pussy Riot punks, Nadezhda Tolokonnikova and Maria Alyokhina have arrived at prison camps in remote Russian regions, a defence lawyer said Wednesday. “Tolokonnikova has arrived at corrective labour camp 14 in Mordovia and Alyokhina has arrived at camp 32 in Perm,” lawyer Violetta Volkova told the Interfax news…
Pussy Riot band members sent to remote prison camps
Two members of the anti-Kremlin punk band Pussy Riot have been sent to remote prison camps to serve their sentences, the group has said. Maria Alyokhina, 24, will serve the rest of her two-year term at a women’s prison camp in Perm, a Siberian region notorious for hosting some of…
Released Pussy Riot member says authorities are playing ‘strange game’ of ‘calculated harassment’
A member of the anti-Kremlin punk band Pussy Riot freed unexpectedly from prison said there was no split within the group, accusing the authorities of playing a “strange game” against the women. A Russian appeals court on Wednesday unexpectedly ordered the release of Yekaterina Samutsevich, but upheld the two-year prison…
Pussy Riot ruling sows division says Russia media
AFP - The court ruling that saw one member of the anti-Kremlin punk band Pussy Riot walk free from court has generated new tensions in a case that is far from over, Russian media reported on Thursday. A Russian appeals court on Wednesday unexpectedly ordered the release of Yekaterina Samutsevich, but…
Russia frees one Pussy Riot member, keeps two in jail
A Russian appeals court Wednesday ordered the release of one member of punk band Pussy Riot after turning her two-year prison sentence into a suspended term but kept two others in jail with unchanged verdicts. The judge at the Moscow city court ordered the release of Yekaterina Samutsevich, 30, after…
Pussy Riot members found guilty of hooliganism
The three jailed members of the Russian punk band Pussy Riot have been found guilty of “hooliganism motivated by religious hatred.” According to the BBC, a Moscow judge has ruled that Maria Alyokhina, 24, Nadezhda Tolokonnikova, 22, and Yekaterina Samutsevich, 29 “crudely undermined the social order” when they stormed the…
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