Staff / TruthdigDec 19, 2013
In what's being seen as an attempt to assuage international outrage over human rights violations in Russia, the State Duma, the country's lower parliament, unanimously passed a bill that may allow prosecutors to drop charges on jailed protesters, just in time for the Sochi Olympics. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
Alexander Reed Kelly / TruthdigNov 16, 2013
The Russian activist and artist who earlier this month nailed his scrotum to the pavement outside Lenin's Masoleum in Moscow's Red Square spoke with n+1 about the media and the public's response to his political statement as uncertain reports surface that he, like members of the punk band Pussy Riot, has been charged with hooliganism. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Join our newsletterStay up to date with the latest from Truthdig. Join the Truthdig Newsletter for our latest publications.
Staff / TruthdigNov 15, 2013
Pussy Riot's Nadezhda Tolokonnikova, whose whereabouts were a mystery for 26 days, has been found. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigNov 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 )
Staff / TruthdigSep 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 )
Tracy Bloom / TruthdigMay 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 )
Alexander Reed Kelly / TruthdigNov 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 )
Alexander Reed Kelly / TruthdigOct 13, 2012
Days after an appeals court unexpectedly released her from the Russian authorities’ iron grip, Yekaterina Samutsevich has vowed to continue staging anonymous, anti-Putin protests with her feminist punk rock band Pussy Riot. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Alexander Reed Kelly / TruthdigOct 10, 2012
A Moscow appeals court has unexpectedly freed Yekaterina Samutsevich, the oldest of the three members of the Russian punk band Pussy Riot who were jailed for an anti-Putin performance earlier this year. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Tracy Bloom / TruthdigSep 20, 2012
According to the author of "Vagina: A New Biography," we are undergoing an "unprecedented struggle" among women, their bodies and sexuality. Citing recent examples including the Russian punk band Pussy Riot, the frenzy over "virginity tests" in Egypt and recent efforts in the U.S. to legislate the female body, Wolf argues that female sexuality is being targeted around the world. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Alexander Reed Kelly / TruthdigSep 13, 2012
Dmitry Medvedev has called for the three members of the feminist punk band Pussy Riot, recently sentenced to a two-year prison term by the Russian government for an anti-Putin protest in Moscow’s main Russian Orthodox Church, to be set free. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Join our newsletterStay up to date with the latest from Truthdig. Join the Truthdig Newsletter for our latest publications.
Now you can personalize your Truthdig experience. To bookmark your favorite articles and follow your favorite authors, please login or create a user profile.
Now you can personalize your Truthdig experience. To bookmark your favorite articles and follow your favorite authors, upgrade to supporter.
