Pussy Riot Band

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  Russian Protesters Detained At World Cup Final, Say Activists

  Members of Russia's Pussy Riot band were detained after trying to enter the pitch at the World Cup final in Qatar to protest the war in Ukraine, the imprisonment of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny and the oppression of women in Iran.

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  Russia's Pussy Riot Activist Awake Again After "Poisoning"

  A member of the Pussy Riot punk band who took part in the World Cup final pitch invasion and was hospitalised with suspected poisoning, has regained consciousness and left intensive care, his girlfriend told Russian media.

• Two members of punk band Pussy Riot held in Sochi

  A Russian human rights activist says two members of the punk band Pussy Riot have been detained near the Olympics in downtown Sochi.

• Freed Pussy Riot rockers reunite in Siberia

  Two freed members of anti-Kremlin punk band Pussy Riot on Tuesday met in Siberia for the first time since their release, discussing plans to set up a new rights group to help Russian prisoners.

• Freed Pussy Riot rockers reunite in Siberia

  Two freed members of anti-Kremlin punk band Pussy Riot on Tuesday met in Siberia for the first time since their release, discussing plans to set up a new rights group to help Russian prisoners.

• Freed Pussy Riot member dismisses Vladimir Putin's amnesty as "PR stunt"

  Pussy Riot punk band member Maria Alyokhina walked free from jail on Monday, immediately dismissing the Kremlin's amnesty that granted her early release as a stunt that would not change her attitude to President Vladimir Putin.

• Pussy Riot member Maria Alyokhina released from Russian jail

  Maria Alyokhina, a member of Russian punk band Pussy Riot, walked free from jail on Monday under an amnesty allowing her early release from a two-year sentence for a protest in a church against President Vladimir Putin.

• Mikhail Khodorkovsky starts life as a free man in Germany

  Russia's most famous prisoner, Mikhail Khodorkovsky, began life as a free man in Germany on Saturday after his surprise pardon by President Vladimir Putin.

• Amnesty to free Pussy Riot duo despite 'disgraceful' protest: Vladimir Putin

  Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday two jailed members of the punk band Pussy Riot would be freed under an amnesty but described their protest against him in a church as disgraceful.

• Russian court bans "extremist" Pussy Riot video

  A Russian court ruled on Thursday that video footage of the Pussy Riot punk group protesting against President Vladimir Putin in a church was "extremist" and said it should be removed from websites.

• Pussy Riot protester in single cell after tensions with inmates

  Jailed Pussy Riot punk protester Maria Alyokhina has been moved to a single cell at her own request because of tensions with fellow prisoners, Russia's federal penitentiary service said on Friday.

• Russian Prime Minister says Pussy Riot women should be freed

  Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev on Friday called for the release of the two members of punk band Pussy Riot after they began two-year terms in camps for hooliganism, saying they have already spent enough time behind bars.

• Pussy Riot 'risk lives' in Soviet-style prisons

  Two women from punk band Pussy Riot sentenced to jail for an anti-Putin protest in a Moscow cathedral face harsh, Soviet-style prison camps where their lives may be in danger due to a lack of medicine and no hot water amid sub-zero winter temperatures, according to a recently released band member.

• Pussy Riot got what they deserved: Vladimir Putin

  Russian President Vladimir Putin flatly rejected on Thursday Western criticism of the imprisonment of the Pussy Riot punk protest band, saying its three female members deserved their fate because they threatened the moral foundations of Russia.

• Pussy Riot band members sent to remote prison camps

  Two female members of Russian punk group Pussy Riot convicted of protesting against President Vladimir Putin in a cathedral have been sent to prisons far from Moscow despite requesting to serve out their terms in the capital, a lawyer said on Monday.