Nadezhda Tolokonnikova, one of the members of Pussy Riot has been hospitalized in her prison colony in Mordovia, for what the Associated Press is calling a "full medical check-up."
Things just keep getting bleaker for the two Pussy Riot members still in prison. Today, Maria Alyokhina asked a Russian court to defer her sentence until her 5-year-old becomes a teenager. They denied her plea at an emotional hearing, sending her straight back to jail.
A court in Moscow ruled today that the anti-Kremlin punk band Pussy Riot are "extremists" and that any website that continues to host video clips shot by and of them should be blocked.
Freed Pussy Riot member Yekaterina Samutsevich has accused the band's former legal team of theft and deception, blaming them for the continued imprisonment of other band members. With a new lawyer at the helm, will the other two Pussy Riot prisoners see freedom anytime soon?
He may technically be Russia's second most powerful official, but he's no get-out-of-jail free card: For the second time, Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev called for Pussy Riot's release on Friday, saying the female punk rockers have served enough time already.
Without any trace of pomp or circumstance, Russian authorities sent the two members of Pussy Riot still in custody to a couple of far flung prison colonies on Monday.
The two members of Pussy Riot who remain behind bars lost an appeal to serve out the length of their two-year sentences at a Moscow pre-trial detention center on Monday.
Thanks to her new lawyer and the good sense to ditch her former legal team, Yekaterina Samutsevich became the first member of Pussy Riot to walk free today.
Just when everyone thought the tribulations of Pussy Riot were coming to an end, the all-female punk collective slings a curveball.
When Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev said Pussy Riot had spent enough time behind bars, it raised hopes that they could be released at their next court hearing on Monday, Oct. 1. But in a new interview from prison, the band does not sound all that hopeful.
Russia's prime minister called for the early release of imprisoned Pussy Riot members today. One commenter took the occasion to imagine how Putin and Medvedev might resolve an argument.
A new, unlikely voice has been added to the 'Free Pussy Riot' refrain: Russia's Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev. Any more jail time would be "unproductive," he says.
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"Some fans say that group sex is better than one-on-one because, like in any collective work, you can take it easy a bit," said Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Even before Russian police cracked the case it seemed fairly obvious that the words "Free Pussy Riot" scrawled across the wall at a double murder scene in Kazan were there as a diversion, not an actual political statement.
In one of the more disturbing things you'll hear out of Russia regarding Pussy Riot, the bodies of two murdered women were found in the town of Kazan, with the words "Free Pussy Riot" scrawled out on the wall above them.
The official Twitter account for the Russian punk band Pussy Riot announced that two of their members have left Russia to avoid further persecution from Russian authorities.
There's a word we keep seeing in the news of late, a word it seems like we weren't supposed to say in mixed company, much less in "family" newspapers. Now it's everywhere—or, at least, in way more places than it used to be.
Apparently not content with the worldwide condemnation they've already received over the conviction of Pussy Riot, Russian authorities are now searching for more band members on more criminal charges.
Standing up for liberty can create some strange bedfellows: Like the State Department and the reportedly orgy-loving, cathedral-desecrating feminist punk band Pussy Riot.
The prostests around the conviction of Russian punk band Pussy Riot are getting intense, and to top off all the craziness and nudity, Russian chess master and democracy activist Garry Kasparov has been arrested.
The three members of Russian punk group Pussy Riot have been found guilty of "hooliganism motivated by religious hatred" and each was given a two-year prison sentence.
One of the only good things to come out of Russia's ridiculous Pussy Riot trial is that their supporters have come out in droves, and the second best thing? Cher Horowitz Alicia Silverstone's roundabout defense of the band and vegan appeal to President Vladimir Putin.
The trial of Russian punk pranksters Pussy Riot promises to give them ample time in the international spotlight, making their original pantomime protest against church-state ties wildly successful.
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