On Wednesday, Russian media reported that Pyotr Verzilov, a member of the Russian protest group Pussy Riot, had been rushed to the toxicology unit of a Moscow hospital. His condition is critical and possibly the result of poisoning, according to the Associated Press.
Veronika Nikulshina, a member of Pussy Riot, and an unidentified friend were arrested and detained by police in Moscow.
On Sunday, as your sports-literate friends watched France take home their second FIFA World Cup victory ever (and first in 20 years!) in a match against Croatia, four people dressed in Russian law enforcement uniforms rushed the field before security tackled and removed them. Turns out, Pussy Riot was responsible, and…
Pussy Riot, the musical group that moonlights as a protest group (or vice-versa?), has claimed responsibility for the group of people who disrupted Sunday’s World Cup final between Croatia and France. The act of protest involved four people—all dressed in law enforcement uniforms—running onto the field (and…
Upon the unceremonious announcement on that Putin won another performative election, Pussy Riot released a new video, “Elections.” They refer repeatedly to “six years,” the length of a hypothetical presidential term. Putin won today in the procedural landslide, and journalists tweeted images of casual public ballot…
Pitchfork reported on Wednesday that feminist Russian performance collective Pussy Riot is preparing to tour the United States for the very first time.
Pussy Riot’s Masha Alyokhina has a warning for Americans under Trump: “I think it’s honestly just the beginning of a huge battle which the United States faces. I wish you bravery.”
The latest in Miguel’s recurring series of a cappella covers is Pussy Riot’s recently released track, “Make America Great Again.” The jam is off their 2016 album xxx, and though I think we can all agree that Miguel’s version is more than just a “shitty emo cover,” he is right that you gotta check out the original…
Pussy Riot, the Russian protest group and punk band, have announced that they will stage an eight week-long, biographical theater piece titled “Inside Pussy Riot” starting in November.
Nadya Tolokonnikova, one of the Russian feminist activists who was jailed in 2012 for protesting Putin as a member of Pussy Riot, is backtracking on her photo shoot with Terry Richardson, saying she was unaware of his past when she and her husband agreed to be photographed.
In a new video called "I Can't Breathe," the Russian punk group Pussy Riot make a statement about Eric Garner, the Black Lives Matter movement and their own struggles with Russian President Vladimir Putin's leadership.
Pussy Riot's Masha Alyokhina was one of 100 people detained after a protest in central Moscow Tuesday night. At the time of the arrest, Alyokhina was one of about 20 activists who were occupying a "giant Christmas ball" near the Red Square. Despite subzero temperatures, the activists spent most of the night in the…
Nadezhda Tolokonnikova and Masha Alyokhina are suing the Russian government over their 2012 imprisonment.
Russian political activist band Pussy Riot graces the pages of Vogue this month, and accompanying their feature is probably the Most Vogue Caption of All Time.
So this is strange. In light of James Franco denouncing the sequel for the movie Spring Breakers (entitled Spring Breakers: The Second Coming), Indie Wire is reporting that members of Pussy Riot are set to meet with the producers about a potentially big role in the follow up. While Harmony Korine has not endorsed…
Punk rock activist band Pussy Riot debuted a brand new Twitter account this week.
Several members of Pussy Riot, including Nadezhda Tolokonnikova and Maria Alyokhina, are currently knocking around Sochi. But according to reports, when they most recently tried to stage a protest action they were surrounded and shut down by Cossacks.
About three hours after Nadezhda Tolokonnikov said she and bandmate Maria Alyokhina were arrested in Sochi, the duo along with three others with whom they were arrested were released from police custody, donning their balaclavas and chanting an anti-Putin song as they walked out of the station.
Pussy Riot members Masha Alyokhina and Nadia Tolokonnikova have embarked on a triumphant tour of America in order to promote Russian prison reform. Last night Madonna introduced them at an Amnesty International human rights benefit concert in advance of today's Olympics opening ceremony. Sounds unequivocally great,…
Last night on The Colbert Report, Stephen interviewed Nadya Tolokonnikova and Masha Alyokhina, the two members of Pussy Riot who were recently released from Russian prison after spending a total of 16 months in the country's penal colonies, all for the crime of performing a protest song in a church.
