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Russian court nixes parole for Pussy Riot band member

Nadezhda Tolokonnikova, a member of the feminist punk band, Pussy Riot, gestures at a district court from behind bars in Zubova Polyana, 240 miles southeast of Moscow in Russia's province of Mordovia, Friday.

 

Russian band members members sentenced to 2 years in prison

Pussy Riot

A Moscow judge has sentenced each of three members of the provocative punk band Pussy Riot to two years in prison on hooliganism charges following a trial that has drawn international outrage.

 

Global activists gear up for Pussy Riot rallies

Pussy Riot

The global campaign to free Pussy Riot is gaining speed: Supporters of the punk provocateur band mobilize this week in at least a two dozen cities worldwide to hold simultaneous demonstrations an hour before a Russian court rules on whether its members will be sent to prison....

 

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