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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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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 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.

• Russian judges defend ruling in Pussy Riot trial

  Russian judges who ruled to keep two of the three Pussy Riot band members behind bars have defended their decision, saying it was made independently and without pressure.

• Russia frees one Pussy Riot member, keeps two in jail

  A Russian appeals court Wednesday ordered the release of one member of anti-Vladimir Putin punk band Pussy Riot after giving her a suspended term but ordered two others serve two years in a prison camp.

• 2 Pussy Riot members flee Russia to escape arrest

  The Russian punk band Pussy Riot says two activists who were being sought by police have left the country. Five members of the feminist group took part in a provocative performance inside Moscow's main cathedral in February to protest Vladimir Putin's rule and his cozy relationship with the Russian Orthodox Church.

• Russian Orthodox church forgives feminist rock band

  Two top clerics in the Russian Orthodox Church have said that it has forgiven the members of feminist punk band Pussy Riot who were convicted of hooliganism and sent to prison for briefly taking over a cathedral in a raucous prayer for deliverance from Vladimir Putin.

• Feminist anti-Putin rockers say judge biased

  Members of a feminist Russian punk band facing hooliganism charges for performing a "punk prayer" against Russia's President Vladimir Putin in Moscow's main cathedral are complaining that the judge isn't giving them a fair hearing.