From Russia, With Absurdity

Eleanor Goldfield / Truthdig Feb 25, 2018 The idea that a few unsophisticated Facebook ads created by Russian trolls swung a U.S. presidential election is ridiculous. Dig deeper ( 12 Min. Read )

Pussy Riot Duo Strikes Back Against Kremlin With Lawsuit

Kasia Anderson / Truthdig Jul 29, 2014 They're known for their guerrilla tactics and public displays of punk protest, but now two members of the Pussy Riot collective, Maria Alyokhina and Nadezhda Tolokonnikova, are using the tools of the system to their advantage. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Pussy Rioters Arrested Yet Again, This Time in Sochi Before Planned Protest Performance

Staff / Truthdig Feb 18, 2014 Pussy Riot members Maria Alyokhina and Nadezhda Tolokonnikova, among a dozen others, were detained Tuesday in the locale of the 2014 Winter Olympics for their alleged involvement in a theft at the Hotel Adler. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Pussy Riot Breaks With Liberated Duo

Staff / Truthdig Feb 7, 2014 This may be a case of overstatement, but six members of the Russian punk group Pussy Riot have let it be known that Maria Alyokhina and Nadezhda Tolokonnikova, the two band members recently released from Russian prison, are no longer part of their collective. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Pussy Riot Members Released and Ready to Fight for Human Rights

Staff / Truthdig Dec 25, 2013 Thanks to an amnesty bill passed unanimously in the Russian parliament, two members of the anti-Putin punk band were released from penal colonies Monday where they had been held for hooliganism. Meanwhile, the Kremlin still wants the world to know Vladimir Putin's not sorry for imprisoning the "disgraceful" musicians. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Pussy Riot Singer No Longer MIA

Staff / Truthdig Nov 15, 2013 Pussy Riot's Nadezhda Tolokonnikova, whose whereabouts were a mystery for 26 days, has been found. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

No News About Pussy Riot Member’s Whereabouts

Staff / Truthdig Nov 5, 2013 Nadezhda Tolokonnikova, a member of the feminist punk band arrested last year after an outspoken performance, has been kept "out of sight" since she was moved from a penal colony in Mordovia, Russia, to an unknown location. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Pussy Riot Member on Hunger Strike

Staff / Truthdig Sep 25, 2013 Nadezhda Tolokonnikova, a member of the anti-Putin punk band arrested last year for its performance at Moscow’s Christ the Savior Cathedral, announced in an open letter that she had launched a protest Monday in Mordovia’s Penal Colony 14 by starving herself until conditions improved. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Paul McCartney: Free Pussy Riot

Tracy Bloom / Truthdig May 23, 2013 In a letter to Russian authorities this week, former Beatle Paul McCartney asked them to release the remaining members of Pussy Riot from prison. McCartney's missive comes as the punk band's Maria Alyokhina began a hunger strike after she was not allowed to attend her own parole hearing. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Pussy Rioter Moved to Solitary Confinement

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Nov 23, 2012 Maria Alyokhina, a member of the Russian feminist punk band Pussy Riot jailed for performing an anti-Putin “punk prayer” in Moscow’s main cathedral this year, has been transferred to a solitary cell at Berezniki penal colony, apparently at her own request. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Russian Rockers Denounce Putin in Trial’s Closing Statements

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Aug 8, 2012 "If this political system throws itself against three girls it shows this political system is afraid of truth," a member of the Russian punk band Pussy Riot said as a judge set a verdict date on charges that the musicians engaged in hooliganism against the Russian government. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Russian Punk Rockers Sit It Out in Jail

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Jul 21, 2012 A Moscow judge on Friday ordered three members of the feminist punk band Pussy Riot to remain in jail awaiting trial for an anti-Putin performance in Moscow’s major church, the Cathedral of Christ the Savior, in February. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )