Sleeping is a violation of the rules' – Pussy Riot's Maria
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In 2012, Maria Alyokhina was sentenced to two years in prison after performing with Pussy Riot in a Moscow church. In an exclusive extract from her new book, Riot Days, she talks about the abusive guards, freezing cold conditions and damaged prisoners she encountered inside
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I was arrested 100 times': Pussy Riot's Maria Alyokhina on Putin
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Pussy Riot's Nadya Tolokonnikova: Authoritarianism is spreading
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Pop and rock + Music, Page 460 of 2637, Music
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Pussy Riot members after release: They're launching a prisoners' rights movement.
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Pussy Riot's Mariya Alyokhina: 'Politics is not something that exists in one or another White House. It is our lives', Pussy Riot
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Pussy Riot Member Launches Hunger Strike After Prison Death Threat
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Veteran Pussy Riot Member Flees Russia After Being Placed On
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Pussy Riot's Nadya Tolokonnikova: Authoritarianism is spreading
Pussy Riot won't ask Putin for pardon - ABC News
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Freed Pussy Riot Band Member Takes Case to European Court - The
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Lawyer Slams Jail Reprimands For Pussy Riot Members
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Pussy Riot power - how Russian punks became the most important band on the planet, London Evening Standard
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Pussy Riot members after release: They're launching a prisoners' rights movement.
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Pussy Riot Members, Others Honor Navalny At Berlin Memorial Event
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Pussy Riot - Wikipedia