http://www.newsvine.com/pussy-riotNewsvine - pussy-rioten-usCopyright 2013Wed, 20 Mar 2013 11:33:25 +0000Fri, 24 May 2013 16:42:08 +0000http://www.newsvine.comhttp://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/20/17385006-judges-reject-pussy-riot-appeal-against-convictionhttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/20/17385006-judges-reject-pussy-riot-appeal-against-convictioneurussiaworld-newsvladimir-putinpussy-riotWed, 20 Mar 2013 11:32:27 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/04/17176380-higher-moscow-court-to-hear-pussy-riot-appealhttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/04/17176380-higher-moscow-court-to-hear-pussy-riot-appealeurussiaworld-newspussy-riotMon, 4 Mar 2013 08:37:59 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/20/17042386-pussy-riot-member-year-on-i-have-no-regretshttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/20/17042386-pussy-riot-member-year-on-i-have-no-regretseurussiaworld-newsvladimir-putinpussy-riotThu, 21 Feb 2013 00:04:36 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post<p>Member of the Pussy Riot punk band Yekaterina Samutsevich, in front of the Christ the Savior Cathedral, a year after their performance, in Moscow, Russia, Thursday, Feb. 21, 2013. Yekaterina Samutsevich told the AP on Thursday that she is glad that their punk performance in Christ the Savior Cathedral on Feb. 21, 2012, made Russians more aware of the Orthodox Church’s increasingly close ties with the Russian government. Samutsevich, Maria Alekhina and Nadezhda Tolokonnikova were sentenced to two years in prison for hooliganism motivated by religious hatred, drawing protests around the world about Russia’s intolerance of dissent. Samutsevich was later released on appeal. (AP Photo/Ivan Sekretarev)</p><p>Member of the Pussy Riot punk band Yekaterina Samutsevich, in front of the Christ the Savior Cathedral, a year after their performance, in Moscow, Russia, Thursday, Feb. 21, 2013. Yekaterina Samutsevich told the AP on Thursday that she is glad that their punk performance in Christ the Savior Cathedral on Feb. 21, 2012, made Russians more aware of the Orthodox Church’s increasingly close ties with the Russian government. Samutsevich, Maria Alekhina and Nadezhda Tolokonnikova were sentenced to two years in prison for hooliganism motivated by religious hatred, drawing protests around the world about Russia’s intolerance of dissent. Samutsevich was later released on appeal. (AP Photo/Ivan Sekretarev)</p><p>Member of the Pussy Riot punk band Yekaterina Samutsevich, in front of the Christ the Savior Cathedral, a year after their performance, in Moscow, Russia, Thursday, Feb. 21, 2013. Yekaterina Samutsevich told the AP on Thursday that she is glad that their punk performance in Christ the Savior Cathedral on Feb. 21, 2012, made Russians more aware of the Orthodox Church’s increasingly close ties with the Russian government. Samutsevich, Maria Alekhina and Nadezhda Tolokonnikova were sentenced to two years in prison for hooliganism motivated by religious hatred, drawing protests around the world about Russia’s intolerance of dissent. Samutsevich was later released on appeal. (AP Photo/Ivan Sekretarev)</p> http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/07/16885114-pussy-riot-appeal-conviction-to-european-courthttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/07/16885114-pussy-riot-appeal-conviction-to-european-courteuhuman-rightsrussia1steuropean-courtworld-newsldwritethrupussy-riotThu, 7 Feb 2013 14:31:20 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post<p>FILE - In this Monday Oct. 1, 2012 file photo, feminist punk group Pussy Riot members, from left, Maria Alekhina, Yekaterina Samutsevich and Nadezhda Tolokonnikova sit in a glass cage at a court room in Moscow, Russia. Lawyers for three members of the feminist punk group Pussy Riot are contesting their conviction in the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg. The complaint filed Wednesday, Feb. 6, 2013, alleges the group’s conviction violates four articles of the European Convention on Human Rights guaranteeing freedom of speech, the right to liberty and security, the prohibition of torture, and the right to a fair trial. (AP Photo/Sergey Ponomarev, file)</p> http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/07/16881338-pussy-riot-appeal-conviction-to-european-courthttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/07/16881338-pussy-riot-appeal-conviction-to-european-courteuhuman-rightsrussiaeuropean-courtworld-newspussy-riotThu, 7 Feb 2013 09:11:58 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/29/16770435-imprisoned-pussy-riot-member-hospitalizedhttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/29/16770435-imprisoned-pussy-riot-member-hospitalizedeurussiaworld-newsvladimir-putinpussy-riotWed, 30 Jan 2013 00:15:15 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post<p>Member of the Pussy Riot punk band Yekaterina Samutsevich waits before entering a court room, in Moscow, Russia, Wednesday, Jan. 30, 2013. Samutsevich's efforts to repeal a decision banning the group's videos in Russia was rejected by the court. (AP Photo/Ivan Sekretarev) </p><p>Member of the Pussy Riot punk band Yekaterina Samutsevich speaks to press after a court hearing, in Moscow, Russia, Wednesday, Jan. 30, 2013. Samutsevich's efforts to repeal a decision banning the group's videos in Russia was rejected by the court. (AP Photo/Ivan Sekretarev) </p><p>Member of the Pussy Riot punk band Yekaterina Samutsevich speaks prior a session at the Moscow City Court where she is appealing to overturn a court's decision to ban the video of the band's "punk prayer" in Moscow's main cathedral as "extremist", Russia, Thursday, Jan. 24, 2013. Samutsevich was one of the three band members sentenced to two years in jail in August after their performance last February at Moscow's Christ the Savior cathedral. She was later released on appeal. (AP Photo/Misha Japaridze)</p><p>Member of the Pussy Riot punk band Yekaterina Samutsevich speaks to press after a court hearing, in Moscow, Russia, Wednesday, Jan. 30, 2013. Samutsevich's efforts to repeal a decision banning the group's videos in Russia was rejected by the court. (AP Photo/Ivan Sekretarev) </p><p>Member of the Pussy Riot punk band Yekaterina Samutsevich smiles as she attends a session at the Moscow City Court where she is appealing to overturn a court's decision to ban the video of the band's "punk prayer" in Moscow's main cathedral as "extremist", Russia, Thursday, Jan. 24, 2013. Samutsevich was one of the three band members sentenced to two years in jail in August after their performance last February at Moscow's Christ the Savior cathedral. She was later released on appeal. (AP Photo/Misha Japaridze)</p><p>FILE - In this Aug. 17, 2012 file photo, Feminist punk group Pussy Riot member Nadezhda Tolokonnikova sits in a glass enclosure at a court in Moscow, Russia. Federal Prison Service spokeswoman Kristina Belousova said Friday, Feb. 1, 2013 that Tolokonnikova is in a prison hospital in the province of Mordovia in western Russia, the site of her prison colony. Belousova refused to specify Tolokonnikova's illness or comment on her condition, saying only that she has "nothing serious." (AP Photo/Misha Japaridze, File)</p> http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/22/16659494-pussy-riot-members-say-they-have-no-regretshttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/22/16659494-pussy-riot-members-say-they-have-no-regretseurussiaworld-newsvladimir-putinpussy-riotWed, 23 Jan 2013 00:44:07 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post<p>FILE - In this Wednesday, Oct. 10, 2012 file photo, feminist punk group Pussy Riot members, from left, Yekaterina Samutsevich, Maria Alekhina and Nadezhda Tolokonnikova sit in a glass cage at a court room in Moscow, Russia. A Russian court is weighing Wednesday, Jan. 16, 2013 whether Maria Alekhina can serve the remainder of her two-year sentence when her 5-year-old son is 14. Alekhina is petitioning the court in Berezniki, a remote Ural mountains town near where she is serving her sentence. She was convicted last year along with two other band members of hooliganism motivated by religious hatred for an anti-President Vladimir Putin stunt in Russia's main cathedral. (AP Photo/Sergey Ponomarev, File)</p><p>Jailed feminist punk band Pussy Riot member Maria Alekhina is seen in a cell at a court room in the town of Berezniki, some 1500 km (940 miles) north-east of Moscow, Russia, on Wednesday, Jan. 16, 2013. A Russian court on Wednesday turned down her attempt to defer serving her sentence until her preschool son becomes a teenager. Alekhina was convicted last year along with two other band members of hooliganism motivated by religious hatred for an anti-President Vladimir Putin stunt in Russia’s main cathedral. (AP Photo/Alexander Agafonov)</p><p>Smoke rises over a fence of a prison camp where jailed feminist punk band Pussy Riot member Maria Alekhina, unseen, serves her term, in the town of Berezniki, some 1500 km (940 miles) north-east of Moscow, Russia, on Wednesday, Jan. 16, 2013. A Russian court on Wednesday turned down her attempt to defer serving her sentence until her preschool son becomes a teenager. Alekhina was convicted last year along with two other band members of hooliganism motivated by religious hatred for an anti-President Vladimir Putin stunt in Russia’s main cathedral. (AP Photo/Alexander Agafonov)</p><p>Jailed feminist punk band Pussy Riot member Maria Alekhina, center, is escorted to a court room in the town of Berezniki, some 1500 km (940 miles) north-east of Moscow, Russia, on Wednesday, Jan. 16, 2013. A Russian court on Wednesday turned down her attempt to defer serving her sentence until her preschool son becomes a teenager. Alekhina was convicted last year along with two other band members of hooliganism motivated by religious hatred for an anti-President Vladimir Putin stunt in Russia’s main cathedral. (AP Photo/Alexander Agafonov)</p> http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/16/16541025-russian-court-turns-down-pussy-riot-appealhttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/16/16541025-russian-court-turns-down-pussy-riot-appealeurussiariotworld-newspussy-riotWed, 16 Jan 2013 10:07:22 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post<p>FILE - In this Wednesday, Oct. 10, 2012 file photo, feminist punk group Pussy Riot members, from left, Yekaterina Samutsevich, Maria Alekhina and Nadezhda Tolokonnikova sit in a glass cage at a court room in Moscow, Russia. A Russian court is weighing Wednesday, Jan. 16, 2013 whether Maria Alekhina can serve the remainder of her two-year sentence when her 5-year-old son is 14. Alekhina is petitioning the court in Berezniki, a remote Ural mountains town near where she is serving her sentence. She was convicted last year along with two other band members of hooliganism motivated by religious hatred for an anti-President Vladimir Putin stunt in Russia's main cathedral. (AP Photo/Sergey Ponomarev, File)</p><p>Jailed feminist punk band Pussy Riot member Maria Alekhina is seen in a cell at a court room in the town of Berezniki, some 1500 km (940 miles) north-east of Moscow, Russia, on Wednesday, Jan. 16, 2013. A Russian court on Wednesday turned down her attempt to defer serving her sentence until her preschool son becomes a teenager. Alekhina was convicted last year along with two other band members of hooliganism motivated by religious hatred for an anti-President Vladimir Putin stunt in Russia’s main cathedral. (AP Photo/Alexander Agafonov)</p><p>Jailed feminist punk band Pussy Riot member Maria Alekhina is seen in a cell at a court room in the town of Berezniki, some 1500 km (940 miles) north-east of Moscow, Russia, on Wednesday, Jan. 16, 2013. A Russian court on Wednesday turned down her attempt to defer serving her sentence until her preschool son becomes a teenager. Alekhina was convicted last year along with two other band members of hooliganism motivated by religious hatred for an anti-President Vladimir Putin stunt in Russia’s main cathedral. (AP Photo/Alexander Agafonov)</p><p>Jailed feminist punk band Pussy Riot member Maria Alekhina is seen in a cell at a court room in the town of Berezniki, some 1500 km (940 miles) north-east of Moscow, Russia, on Wednesday, Jan. 16, 2013. A Russian court on Wednesday turned down her attempt to defer serving her sentence until her preschool son becomes a teenager. Alekhina was convicted last year along with two other band members of hooliganism motivated by religious hatred for an anti-President Vladimir Putin stunt in Russia’s main cathedral. (AP Photo/Alexander Agafonov)</p><p>Russian judge Galina Yefremova, left, chairs a court session in a town of Berezniki, some 1500 km (940 miles) north-east of Moscow, Russia, on Wednesday, Jan. 16, 2013. A Russian court on Wednesday turned down the attempt of jailed feminist punk band Pussy Riot member Maria Alekhina to defer serving her sentence until her preschool son becomes a teenager. Alekhina was convicted last year along with two other band members of hooliganism motivated by religious hatred for an anti-President Vladimir Putin stunt in Russia’s main cathedral. (AP Photo/Alexander Agafonov)</p><p>Smoke rises over a fence of a prison camp where jailed feminist punk band Pussy Riot member Maria Alekhina, unseen, serves her term, in the town of Berezniki, some 1500 km (940 miles) north-east of Moscow, Russia, on Wednesday, Jan. 16, 2013. A Russian court on Wednesday turned down her attempt to defer serving her sentence until her preschool son becomes a teenager. Alekhina was convicted last year along with two other band members of hooliganism motivated by religious hatred for an anti-President Vladimir Putin stunt in Russia’s main cathedral. (AP Photo/Alexander Agafonov)</p> http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/23/15386832-court-bans-video-of-pussy-riots-performancehttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/23/15386832-court-bans-video-of-pussy-riots-performanceeurussiaworld-newspussy-riotFri, 23 Nov 2012 14:14:08 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post<p>FILE - In this Wednesday, Oct. 10, 2012 file photo feminist punk group Pussy Riot member Maria Alekhina sits in a glass cage at a court room in Moscow, Russia. Russian prison officials say that Maria Alekhina, one of the jailed members of the punk band Pussy Riot has been moved into a solitary cell following tensions with inmates. Stanislav Volegov, a spokesman for the Federal Penitentiary Service in the Perm region in the Urals where Maria Alekhina is serving her two-year term, said on independent Rain TV that she had been moved into a “safe” cell at her own request. (AP Photo/Sergey Ponomarev, File )</p><p>FILE - In this Wednesday, Oct. 10, 2012 file photo feminist punk group Pussy Riot members, from left, Yekaterina Samutsevich, Maria Alekhina and Nadezhda Tolokonnikova sit in a glass cage at a court room in Moscow, Russia. Russian prison officials say that Maria Alekhina, one of the jailed members of the punk band Pussy Riot has been moved into a solitary cell following tensions with inmates. Stanislav Volegov, a spokesman for the Federal Penitentiary Service in the Perm region in the Urals where Maria Alekhina is serving her two-year term, said on independent Rain TV that she had been moved into a “safe” cell at her own request. (AP Photo/Sergey Ponomarev, File)</p> http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/14/15161252-merkel-putin-meet-amid-tension-over-rights-issueshttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/14/15161252-merkel-putin-meet-amid-tension-over-rights-issueseugermanyrussiaworld-newsvladimir-putingerman-chancellor-angela-merkelpussy-riotWed, 14 Nov 2012 13:27:24 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post<p>Andreas Schockenhoff, Chancellor Angela Merkel’s envoy for cooperation between Russian and German civil societies, speaks during his interview to The Associated Press in Moscow, Russia, on Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2012. Germany’s envoy commissioner for Russian-German civil societies has urged Russia’s President Vladimir Putin to “allow NGOs to have a public debate, a public competition of opinions about the future of the country.” Germany is Russia’s largest trade partner, and Merkel has faced pressure at home and abroad to paying more attention to Russia’s worsening human rights situation. (AP Photo/Ivan Sekretarev)</p><p>Andreas Schockenhoff, Chancellor Angela Merkel’s envoy for cooperation between Russian and German civil societies, speaks during his interview to The Associated Press in Moscow, Russia, on Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2012. A senior lawmaker in German Chancellor Angela Merkel's party has urged Russia to end its crackdown on the civil society. Andreas Schockenhoff told The Associated Press on Wednesday that the Kremlin moves "intimidate the engagement of active, creative citizens." Schockenhoff, who is also the German government's envoy overseeing contacts between Russian and German civil societies, urged President Vladimir Putin to "allow NGOs to have a public debate, a public competition of opinions about the future of the country." (AP Photo/Ivan Sekretarev)</p><p>Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, and German Chancellor Angela Merkel meet in the Kremlin in Moscow, Friday, Nov. 16, 2012. German Chancellor Angela Merkel said Friday that her government is committed to the development of strong ties with Russia despite concerns about the situation there. (AP Photo/Yuri Kochetkov, Pool)</p><p>Russian President Vladimir Putin and German Chancellor Angela Merkel shake hands during their meeting in the Kremlin in Moscow, Friday, Nov. 16, 2012. (AP Photo/RIA-Novosti, Alexei Nikolsky, Presidential Press Service)</p><p>Russian President Vladimir Putin and German Chancellor Angela Merkel attend a Russian-German business forum in the Grand Kremlin Palace in Moscow, Friday, Nov. 16, 2012. German Chancellor Angela Merkel said Friday that her government is committed to the development of strong ties with Russia despite concerns about the situation there. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)</p><p>Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, and German Chancellor Angela Merkel attend a Russian-German business forum in the Grand Kremlin Palace in Moscow, Friday, Nov. 16, 2012. (AP Photo/RIA-Novosti, Alexei Nikolsky, Presidential Press Service)</p><p>Russian President Vladimir Putin and German Chancellor Angela Merkel attend a Russian-German business forum in the Grand Kremlin Palace in Moscow, Friday, Nov. 16, 2012. German Chancellor Angela Merkel said Friday that her government is committed to the development of strong ties with Russia despite concerns about the situation there. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)</p><p>Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, and German Chancellor Angela Merkel meet in the Kremlin in Moscow, Friday, Nov. 16, 2012. German Chancellor Angela Merkel said Friday that her government is committed to the development of strong ties with Russia despite concerns about the situation there. (AP Photo/Yuri Kochetkov, Pool)</p><p>Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, and German Chancellor Angela Merkel meet in the Kremlin in Moscow, Friday, Nov. 16, 2012. German Chancellor Angela Merkel said Friday that her government is committed to the development of strong ties with Russia despite concerns about the situation there. (AP Photo/Yuri Kochetkov, Pool)</p> http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/02/14880146-russian-pm-argues-for-pussy-riot-members-releasehttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/02/14880146-russian-pm-argues-for-pussy-riot-members-releaseentertainmenteurussiaworld-newspussy-riotFri, 2 Nov 2012 13:16:33 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post<p>FILE - In this Oct. 10, 2012 file photo. feminist punk group Pussy Riot members, from left, Yekaterina Samutsevich, Maria Alekhina, and Nadezhda Tolokonnikova sit in a glass cage at a court room in Moscow. Russia's Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev said Friday, Nov. 2, 2012 that he detested the Pussy Riot act, but added the women have been in prison long enough and should be released. (AP Photo/Sergey Ponomarev, File)</p><p>Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev, right, speaks during his meeting with Russian pupils, in the Gorki residence outside Moscow, Russia, on Friday, Nov. 2, 2012. Medvedev said Friday that he detested the Pussy Riot act, but added the women have been in prison long enough and should be released. (AP Photo/RIA-Novosti, Alexander Astafyev, Government Press Service)</p><p>FILE - In this Wednesday, Oct. 10, 2012 file photo feminist punk group Pussy Riot members, center from left, Yekaterina Samutsevich, Maria Alekhina, and Nadezhda Tolokonnikova sit in a glass cage at a court room in Moscow. Russia's Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev said Friday Nov. 2, 2012 that he detested the Pussy Riot act, but added the women have been in prison long enough and should be released. (AP Photo/Sergey Ponomarev, file)</p><p>Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev, right, speaks during his meeting with Russian pupils in the Gorki residence outside Moscow, Russia, on Friday, Nov. 2, 2012. Medvedev said Friday that he detested the Pussy Riot act, but added the women have been in prison long enough and should be released. (AP Photo/RIA-Novosti, Alexander Astafyev, Government Press Service)</p> http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/22/14612378-pussy-riot-members-transferred-to-prison-colonieshttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/22/14612378-pussy-riot-members-transferred-to-prison-colonieseurussiaworld-newspussy-riotMon, 22 Oct 2012 10:35:05 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/18/14530753-ai-weiwei-pussy-riot-on-art-world-power-listhttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/18/14530753-ai-weiwei-pussy-riot-on-art-world-power-listentertainmenteubritainartlistpowerai-weiweidissident-chinesepussy-riotThu, 18 Oct 2012 10:19:31 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/14/14428377-pussy-riot-members-face-tough-life-in-penal-colonyhttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/14/14428377-pussy-riot-members-face-tough-life-in-penal-colonyeuworld-newscolonypenal-colonypussy-riotSun, 14 Oct 2012 10:32:56 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post<p>In this photo taken Aug. 22, 2012 imprisoned women stand during a morning inspection at a women's prison in a town of Sarapul, central Russia. Two members of the punk band Pussy Riot will serve their sentence in a penal colony far from Moscow that is like what a former inmate describes as a "nasty Girl Scout camp.” Although Russia’s prison system is a far cry from Stalin’s gulag, the principle remains the same: to isolate people from their families and wear them down through “corrective labor,” which for women usually means hunching over a sewing machine. Maria Alyokhina and Nadezhda Tolokonnikova will have to quickly learn the inner laws of prison life, survive the dire food and medical care, and risk reprisal from inmates either offended by their "punk prayer" against President Vladimir Putin or ordered to pressure them by higher authorities. (AP Photo/Yuri Tutov)</p><p>In this photo taken Nov. 30, 2011, imprisoned women wait to be escorted for work at a women's prison outside the city of Orel, central Russia. Two members of the punk band Pussy Riot will serve their sentence in a penal colony far from Moscow that is like what a former inmate describes as a "nasty Girl Scout camp.” Although Russia’s prison system is a far cry from Stalin’s gulag, the principle remains the same: to isolate people from their families and wear them down through “corrective labor,” which for women usually means hunching over a sewing machine. Maria Alyokhina and Nadezhda Tolokonnikova will have to quickly learn the inner laws of prison life, survive the dire food and medical care, and risk reprisal from inmates either offended by their "punk prayer" against President Vladimir Putin or ordered to pressure them by higher authorities. (AP Photo/Yuri Tutov)</p> http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/10/14364988-russian-judges-defend-ruling-in-pussy-riot-trialhttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/10/14364988-russian-judges-defend-ruling-in-pussy-riot-trialeurussiaworld-newspussy-riotThu, 11 Oct 2012 00:13:39 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post<p>A policeman watches band member Nadezhda Tolokonnikova speaking on a TV screen in a hall outside a court room of the Moscow City Court where three members of the punk band Pussy Riot are set to make their case before a Russian appeals court that they should not be imprisoned, in Moscow, Wednesday. Oct. 10, 2012. Their impromptu performance inside Moscow's main cathedral in February came shortly before Putin was elected to a third term. The three women were convicted in August of hooliganism motivated by religious hatred and sentenced to two years in prison. (AP Photo/Sergey Ponomarev)</p><p>RETRANSMISSION FOR ALTERNATIVE CROP - Feminist punk group Pussy Riot members, from left, Yekaterina Samutsevich, Maria Alekhina, centre, and Nadezhda Tolokonnikova sit in a glass cage at a court room in Moscow, Wednesday. Oct. 10, 2012. Moscow appeals court freed Yekaterina Samutsevich of jailed band Pussy Riot but upheld a prison sentence for Nadezhda Tolokonnikova and Maria Alekhina. The judge ruled that Yekaterina Samutsevich's sentence should be suspended because she was thrown out of the cathedral by guards before she could take part in the performance. (AP Photo/Sergey Ponomarev)</p><p>Freed feminist punk group Pussy Riot member Yekaterina Samutsevich speaks outside a court in Moscow, Wednesday Oct. 10, 2012. A Moscow appeals court on Wednesday unexpectedly freed one of the jailed Pussy Riot members, but upheld the two-year prison sentence for the two others jailed for an irreverent protest against President Vladimir Putin. The Moscow City Court ruled that Yekaterina Samutsevich’s sentence should be suspended because she was thrown out of the cathedral by guards before she could remove her guitar from its case and take part in the performance. (AP Photo/Sergey Ponomarev)</p> http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/10/14330385-moscow-court-frees-1-of-3-pussy-riot-membershttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/10/14330385-moscow-court-frees-1-of-3-pussy-riot-memberseurussiavsputinworld-newsvladimir-putinpunkspussy-riotWed, 10 Oct 2012 05:02:39 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post<p>Feminist punk group Pussy Riot members, from left, Maria Alekhina, Yekaterina Samutsevich and Nadezhda Tolokonnikova sit in a glass cage at a court room in Moscow, Wednesday. Oct. 10, 2012. Three members of the punk band Pussy Riot are set to make their case before a Russian appeals court that they should not be imprisoned for their irreverent protest against President Vladimir Putin. Their impromptu performance inside Moscow's main cathedral in February came shortly before Putin was elected to a third term. The three women were convicted in August of hooliganism motivated by religious hatred and sentenced to two years in prison. (AP Photo/Sergey Ponomarev)</p><p>Feminist punk group Pussy Riot members, from left, Maria Alekhina, Yekaterina Samutsevich and Nadezhda Tolokonnikova sit in a glass cage in a court room in Moscow, Wednesday. Oct. 10, 2012. Three members of the punk band Pussy Riot are set to make their case before a Russian appeals court that they should not be imprisoned for their irreverent protest against President Vladimir Putin. Their impromptu performance inside Moscow's main cathedral in February came shortly before Putin was elected to a third term. The three women were convicted in August of hooliganism motivated by religious hatred and sentenced to two years in prison. (AP Photo/Sergey Ponomarev)</p><p>Feminist punk group Pussy Riot member Yekaterina Samutsevich sits in a glass cage at a court room in in Moscow, Wednesday Oct. 10, 2012. Three members of the punk band Pussy Riot are set to make their case before a Russian appeals court that they should not be imprisoned for their irreverent protest against President Vladimir Putin. Their impromptu performance inside Moscow's main cathedral in February came shortly before Putin was elected to a third term. The three women were convicted in August of hooliganism motivated by religious hatred and sentenced to two years in prison. As the hearing began Monday, Oct. 1, band member Yekaterina Samutsevich unexpectedly announced that she has fired her three lawyers over an unspecified disagreement. Samutsevich said she had found another lawyer but had not yet signed a contract. Her fellow band members said they supported Samutsevich's choice but would still retain the services of their lawyers. (AP Photo/Sergey Ponomarev)</p><p>Feminist punk group Pussy Riot members, from left, Maria Alekhina, Yekaterina Samutsevich and Nadezhda Tolokonnikova sit in a glass cage at a court room in Moscow, Wednesday. Oct. 10, 2012. Three members of the punk band Pussy Riot are set to make their case before a Russian appeals court that they should not be imprisoned for their irreverent protest against President Vladimir Putin. Their impromptu performance inside Moscow's main cathedral in February came shortly before Putin was elected to a third term. The three women were convicted in August of hooliganism motivated by religious hatred and sentenced to two years in prison. (AP Photo/Sergey Ponomarev)</p><p>A policeman stands, as band member Nadezhda Tolokonnikova speaks on a TV screen in a hall outside a court room of the Moscow City Court where three members of the punk band Pussy Riot are set to make their case before a Russian appeals court that they should not be imprisoned, in Moscow, Wednesday. Oct. 10, 2012. Their impromptu performance inside Moscow's main cathedral in February came shortly before Putin was elected to a third term. The three women were convicted in August of hooliganism motivated by religious hatred and sentenced to two years in prison. (AP Photo/Sergey Ponomarev)</p><p>An Orthodox believer protests outside a court in Moscow, Wednesday. Oct. 10, 2012. Three members of the punk band Pussy Riot are set to make their case before a Russian appeals court that they should not be imprisoned for their irreverent protest against President Vladimir Putin. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)</p><p>Feminist punk group Pussy Riot members, from left, Maria Alekhina, Yekaterina Samutsevich and Nadezhda Tolokonnikova sit in a glass cage at a court room in in Moscow, Wednesday Oct. 10, 2012. Lawyers Violetta Volkova, right, and Lev Lyalin, foreground center, defending members of feminist punk group Pussy Riot, sit in front.(AP Photo/Sergey Ponomarev)</p><p>Special police guard a hall of the Moscow City Court where three members of the punk band Pussy Riot are set to make their case before a Russian appeals court that they should not be imprisoned, in Moscow, Wednesday. Oct. 10, 2012. Their impromptu performance inside Moscow's main cathedral in February came shortly before Putin was elected to a third term. The three women were convicted in August of hooliganism motivated by religious hatred and sentenced to two years in prison. (AP Photo/Sergey Ponomarev)</p><p>A policeman watches band member Nadezhda Tolokonnikova speaking on a TV screen in a hall outside a court room of the Moscow City Court where three members of the punk band Pussy Riot are set to make their case before a Russian appeals court that they should not be imprisoned, in Moscow, Wednesday. Oct. 10, 2012. Their impromptu performance inside Moscow's main cathedral in February came shortly before Putin was elected to a third term. The three women were convicted in August of hooliganism motivated by religious hatred and sentenced to two years in prison. (AP Photo/Sergey Ponomarev)</p><p>Media watch a TV screen in a hall outside a court room of the Moscow City Court where three members of the punk band Pussy Riot are set to make their case before a Russian appeals court that they should not be imprisoned, in Moscow, Wednesday. Oct. 10, 2012. Their impromptu performance inside Moscow's main cathedral in February came shortly before Putin was elected to a third term. The three women were convicted in August of hooliganism motivated by religious hatred and sentenced to two years in prison. (AP Photo/Sergey Ponomarev)</p><p>A makeshift poster fixed on an apartment building faces the court in Moscow, Wednesday Oct. 10, 2012 where the punk band Pussy Riot appeal their sentence. Three members of the punk band Pussy Riot are set to make their case before a Russian appeals court that they should not be imprisoned for their irreverent protest against President Vladimir Putin. The lower half of the poster reads in Cyrillic: 'Virgin Mary, Mother of God Put Putin Away. This is an extract of Pussy Riot punk prayer: Virgin Mary, Mother of God, put Putin away. Put Putin away, put Putin away. The upper part of the poster is a part of the name of a Moscow district, where the court is situated. (AP Photo/Mikhail Metzel)</p><p>Police detain an Orthodox believer carrying a protest poster outside a court in Moscow, Wednesday. Oct. 10, 2012. Three members of the punk band Pussy Riot are set to make their case before a Russian appeals court that they should not be imprisoned for their irreverent protest against President Vladimir Putin. The poster reads in Cyrillic : "Congratulations With a Day of Psychological sanity". (AP Photo/Mikhail Metzel)</p><p>Feminist punk group Pussy Riot member Yekaterina Samutsevich sits in a glass cage at a court room in in Moscow, Wednesday Oct. 10, 2012. Moscow appeals court has freed Yekaterina Samutsevich of jailed Pussy Riot members but upholds the prison sentence for Nadezhda Tolokonnikova and Maria Alekhina. (AP Photo/Sergey Ponomarev)</p><p>CORRECTS IDENTITY TO MARIA ALEKHINA Feminist punk group Pussy Riot member Maria Alekhina sits in a glass cage at a court room in in Moscow, Wednesday Oct. 10, 2012. Moscow appeals court has freed Yekaterina Samutsevich of jailed Pussy Riot members but upholds the prison sentence for Nadezhda Tolokonnikova and Maria Alekhina. (AP Photo/Sergey Ponomarev)</p><p>CORRECTS THE LEFTS TO RIGHT Feminist punk group Pussy Riot members, from left, Yekaterina Samutsevich, Maria Alekhina, and Nadezhda Tolokonnikova sit in a glass cage at a court room in Moscow, Wednesday. Oct. 10, 2012. Three members of the punk band Pussy Riot are set to make their case before a Russian appeals court that they should not be imprisoned for their irreverent protest against President Vladimir Putin. Their impromptu performance inside Moscow's main cathedral in February came shortly before Putin was elected to a third term. The three women were convicted in August of hooliganism motivated by religious hatred and sentenced to two years in prison. (AP Photo/Sergey Ponomarev)</p><p>CORRECTS LEFT TO RIGHT Feminist punk group Pussy Riot members, from left, Yekaterina Samutsevich, Maria Alekhina, and Nadezhda Tolokonnikova sit in a glass cage in a court room in Moscow, Wednesday. Oct. 10, 2012. Three members of the punk band Pussy Riot are set to make their case before a Russian appeals court that they should not be imprisoned for their irreverent protest against President Vladimir Putin. Their impromptu performance inside Moscow's main cathedral in February came shortly before Putin was elected to a third term. The three women were convicted in August of hooliganism motivated by religious hatred and sentenced to two years in prison. (AP Photo/Sergey Ponomarev)</p><p>CORRECTS LEFT TO RIGHT Feminist punk group Pussy Riot members, from left, Yekaterina Samutsevich, Maria Alekhina, and Nadezhda Tolokonnikova sit in a glass cage at a court room in Moscow, Wednesday. Oct. 10, 2012. Three members of the punk band Pussy Riot are set to make their case before a Russian appeals court that they should not be imprisoned for their irreverent protest against President Vladimir Putin. Their impromptu performance inside Moscow's main cathedral in February came shortly before Putin was elected to a third term. The three women were convicted in August of hooliganism motivated by religious hatred and sentenced to two years in prison. (AP Photo/Sergey Ponomarev)</p><p>CORRECTS LEFT TO RIGHT Feminist punk group Pussy Riot members, from left, Yekaterina Samutsevich, Maria Alekhina, and Nadezhda Tolokonnikova sit in a glass cage at a court room in in Moscow, Wednesday Oct. 10, 2012. Lawyers Violetta Volkova, right, and Lev Lyalin, foreground center, defending members of feminist punk group Pussy Riot, sit in front. (AP Photo/Sergey Ponomarev)</p><p>A policeman watches band member Nadezhda Tolokonnikova speaking on a TV screen in a hall outside a court room of the Moscow City Court where three members of the punk band Pussy Riot are set to make their case before a Russian appeals court that they should not be imprisoned, in Moscow, Wednesday. Oct. 10, 2012. Their impromptu performance inside Moscow's main cathedral in February came shortly before Putin was elected to a third term. The three women were convicted in August of hooliganism motivated by religious hatred and sentenced to two years in prison. (AP Photo/Sergey Ponomarev)</p> http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/09/14317871-pussy-riot-among-finalists-for-eu-rights-prizehttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/09/14317871-pussy-riot-among-finalists-for-eu-rights-prizeeuhuman-rightsrightseuropean-unionworld-newseuropean-parliamentpussy-riotTue, 9 Oct 2012 14:50:27 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/07/14276038-documentary-shows-putin-in-uncompromising-moodhttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/07/14276038-documentary-shows-putin-in-uncompromising-moodeurussiadocumentaryputinworld-newsvladimir-putinpussy-riotSun, 7 Oct 2012 17:47:25 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post<p>FILE - In this Sept. 2010 photo released on Saturday, Oct. 30, 2010, then Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin carries a hunting rifle during his trip in Ubsunur Hollow in the Siberian Tyva region (also referred to as Tuva), on the border with Mongolia, Russia. Vladimir Putin turns 60-years old on Sunday, Oct. 7, 2012, and has recently sought to demonstrate his youthful vigor by many personal endeavors, but while he has shown creativity in his action-man stunts, the Russian president seems surprisingly vulnerable to the vagaries of oil prices. (AP Photo/RIA Novosti, Dmitry Astakhov, Government Press Service, file)</p> http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/09/30/14157811-moscow-court-postpones-pussy-riot-appealhttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/09/30/14157811-moscow-court-postpones-pussy-riot-appealeurussiariotrussian-orthodox-churchworld-newsvladimir-putinpussy-riotSun, 30 Sep 2012 10:44:24 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post<p>FILE - In this Wednesday, Aug. 8, 2012 file photo feminist punk group Pussy Riot members, from left, Nadezhda Tolokonnikova, Maria Alekhina and Yekaterina Samutsevich sit in a glass cage at a court room in Moscow, Russia. The Russian Orthodox Church on Sunday Sept. 30, 2012, asked for clemency for three jailed members of the rock band Pussy Riot if they repent for their "punk prayer" for deliverance from President Vladimir Putin at Moscow's main cathedral, a statement that came a day before an appeal hearing and appeared to reflect a desire to put an end to the case that has caused an international outrage. (AP Photo/Misha Japaridze, file)</p><p>Feminist punk group Pussy Riot members, from left, Maria Alekhina, Yekaterina Samutsevich and Nadezhda Tolokonnikova sit in a glass cage at a court room in Moscow, Russia on Monday Oct. 1, 2012. A Russian court is set to hear an appeal filed by three jailed members of the rock band Pussy Riot, who have been sentenced to two years for performing a "punk prayer" against President Vladimir Putin at Moscow's main cathedral. (AP Photo/Sergey Ponomarev)</p><p>Feminist punk group Pussy Riot members, from left, Maria Alekhina, Yekaterina Samutsevich and Nadezhda Tolokonnikova sit in a glass cage at a court room in Moscow, Russia on Monday Oct. 1, 2012. A Russian court is set to hear an appeal filed by three jailed members of the rock band Pussy Riot, who have been sentenced to two years for performing a "punk prayer" against President Vladimir Putin at Moscow's main cathedral. (AP Photo/Sergey Ponomarev)</p><p>Feminist punk group Pussy Riot members, from left, Maria Alekhina, Yekaterina Samutsevich and Nadezhda Tolokonnikova sit in a glass cage at a court room in Moscow, Russia on Monday Oct. 1, 2012. A Russian court is set to hear an appeal filed by three jailed members of the rock band Pussy Riot, who have been sentenced to two years for performing a "punk prayer" against President Vladimir Putin at Moscow's main cathedral. (AP Photo/Sergey Ponomarev)</p><p>A policeman guards a court room in Moscow, Russia, on Monday Oct. 1, 2012. The Russian court is set to hear an appeal filed by three jailed members of the rock band Pussy Riot, but postponed the appeal until Oct. 10 after one of the group fired her lawyers. The group were sentenced to two years for performing a "punk prayer" against President Vladimir Putin inside Moscow's main cathedral. (AP Photo/Ivan Sekretarev)</p><p>Lawyers of feminist punk group Pussy Riot members are seen on a TV screen outside a court room in Moscow, Russia, on Monday Oct. 1, 2012. The Russian court is set to hear an appeal filed by three jailed members of the rock band Pussy Riot, but postponed the appeal until Oct. 10 after one of the group fired her lawyers. The group were sentenced in August 2012 to two-years for performing a "punk prayer" against President Vladimir Putin inside Moscow's main cathedral. (AP Photo/Ivan Sekretarev)</p><p>Feminist punk group Pussy Riot member Maria Alekhina sits in a glass cage at a court room in Moscow, Russia on Monday Oct. 1, 2012. A Russian court is set to hear an appeal filed by three jailed members of the rock band Pussy Riot, who have been sentenced to two years for performing a "punk prayer" against President Vladimir Putin at Moscow's main cathedral. (AP Photo/Sergey Ponomarev)</p> http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/09/21/14015640-yoko-ono-bestows-peace-grant-on-pussy-riothttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/09/21/14015640-yoko-ono-bestows-peace-grant-on-pussy-riotentertainmentonoyoko-onoamnesty-internationalpussy-riotFri, 21 Sep 2012 18:32:33 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post<p>Yoko Ono, right, and Pussy Riot member Nadia Tolokonnikova’s husband Pyotr Verzilov and daughter Gera pose for photographers after Ono presented Verzilov the LennonOno Grant for Peace Friday, Sept. 21, 2012 in New York. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)</p><p>Yoko Ono, right, is joined by Amnesty International USA Executive Director Suzanne Nossel, second from right, as she present the LennonOno Grant for Peace to Pussy Riot member Nadia Tolokonnikova’s husband Pyotr Verzilov, second from left, and daughter Gera, Friday, Sept. 21, 2012 in New York. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)</p> http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/09/20/13992049-pussy-riot-supporters-seeking-us-sanctionshttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/09/20/13992049-pussy-riot-supporters-seeking-us-sanctionsrussiapoliticspussy-riotThu, 20 Sep 2012 19:36:33 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post<p>Police officers detain an ultra Orthodox activist outside the Vinzavod art gallery in Moscow, Russia, Thursday, Sept. 20, 2012. A protest by about 15 Russian Orthodox Christian activists has disrupted the opening of a Moscow art exhibit inspired by the jailed members of the punk band Pussy Riot. Riot police dispersed the protesters, detaining nine of them, but then blocked off the area, making it difficult for those who wanted to attend Thursday’s opening to get inside. The paintings by Yevgenia Maltseva were inspired by religious icons and the three Pussy Riot members who were jailed for a raucous performance inside a Moscow cathedral to protest Vladimir Putin’s rule and his close relationship with the church hierarchy. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)</p><p>Visitors take photos of paintings by Yevgenia Maltseva at the opening of her exhibition in the Vinzavod art gallery in Moscow, Russia, Thursday, Sept. 20, 2012. A protest by about 15 Russian Orthodox Christian activists has disrupted the opening of a Moscow art exhibit inspired by the jailed members of the punk band Pussy Riot. Riot police dispersed the protesters, detaining nine of them, but then blocked off the area, making it difficult for those who wanted to attend Thursday’s opening to get inside. The paintings by Yevgenia Maltseva were inspired by religious icons and the three Pussy Riot members who were jailed for a raucous performance inside a Moscow cathedral to protest Vladimir Putin’s rule and his close relationship with the church hierarchy. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)</p> http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/09/20/13990920-pussy-riot-art-exhibit-disrupted-by-protesthttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/09/20/13990920-pussy-riot-art-exhibit-disrupted-by-protesteurussiaartriotworld-newspussy-riotrussian-orthodox-christianThu, 20 Sep 2012 18:11:58 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/09/20/13990666-myanmars-suu-kyi-calls-for-release-of-pussy-riothttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/09/20/13990666-myanmars-suu-kyi-calls-for-release-of-pussy-riotusmyanmarus-newsaung-san-suu-kyipussy-riotThu, 20 Sep 2012 17:52:17 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/09/18/13937800-orthodox-russian-deacon-stands-up-for-pussy-riothttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/09/18/13937800-orthodox-russian-deacon-stands-up-for-pussy-rioteurussiarussian-orthodox-churchworld-newsdeaconpussy-riotsergei-baranovTue, 18 Sep 2012 13:06:18 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post<p>Opposition leader Alexei Navalny speaks at a protest rally in Moscow, Saturday, Sept. 15, 2012. Thousands of protesters marched across downtown Moscow on Saturday in the first major rally in three months against President Vladimir Putin, while defying the Kremlin's ongoing efforts to crackdown on opposition. Color balloons with the words Freedom to Pussy Riot refer to the three members of the punk band Pussy Riot sentenced for two years in prison for performing an anti-Putin song inside Moscow's main cathedral. AP Photo/Sergey Ponomarev)</p><p>Deacon Sergei Baranov speaks to the Associated Press in Tambov, Russia, on Tuesday, Sept. 18, 2012. Deacon Sergei Baranov from Tambov became the first Russian Orthodox cleric to have walked out in protest over the church’s treatment of the Pussy Riot case. Baranov, defrocked at his request, told the Associated Press in an interview, that he supports the band’s stunt and does not regret his resignation. (AP Photo/Laura Mills)</p><p>Deacon Sergei Baranov speaks to the Associated Press in Tambov, Russia, on Tuesday, Sept. 18, 2012. Deacon Sergei Baranov from Tambov became the first Russian Orthodox cleric to have walked out in protest over the church’s treatment of the Pussy Riot case. Baranov, defrocked at his request, told the Associated Press in an interview, that he supports the band’s stunt and does not regret his resignation. (AP Photo/Laura Mills)</p><p>Deacon Sergei Baranov prays in a church in Tambov, Russia, on Tuesday, Sept. 18, 2012. Deacon Sergei Baranov from Tambov became the first Russian Orthodox cleric to have walked out in protest over the church’s treatment of the Pussy Riot case. Baranov, defrocked at his request, told the Associated Press in an interview, that he supports the band’s stunt and does not regret his resignation. (AP Photo/Laura Mills)</p> http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/09/12/13829955-russian-pm-calls-for-pussy-riot-to-be-freedhttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/09/12/13829955-russian-pm-calls-for-pussy-riot-to-be-freedentertainmenteurussiavsputinworld-newspunksdmitry-medvedevpussy-riotWed, 12 Sep 2012 16:05:43 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post