Pussy Riot is a Russian Feminist Punk-Rock Collective based in Moscow which was founded in August 2011consisting of approximately 12 members, who wear brightly colored balaclavas and use only nicknames during interviews. They stage unannounced provocative performances about Russian Political life in unusual and unauthorized locations.
On February 21, 2012, five members of the group staged an illegal performance in Moscow's Cathedral of Christ the Saviour which was stopped by church security officials. By evening, they had turned it into a music video which they entitled ''Punk Prayer -Mother of God,Chase Putin Away'' .
On March 3,2012 2 of the group members,Nadezhda Tolokonnikova and Maria Alyokhina were arrested and charged with hooliganism and the 3rd member,Yekaterina Samutsevich,was arrested on March 16,2012.On August 17, 2012, the three members were convicted of hooliganism, and each was sentenced to two years imprisonment.On October 10,2012 following an appeal, Yekaterina Samutsevich was freed on probabation, her sentence suspended. The convictions and sentences of the other two women were upheld.
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