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Pussy Riot Members Beaten by Cossack Militia

HeadlineFeb 20, 2014

In news from Russia, a video released Wednesday shows members of the Russian protest group Pussy Riot being whipped by Cossack militia as they tried to film a music video in Sochi, where the Olympics are underway. Maria Alyokhina described her injuries.

Maria Alyokhina: “I have marks. I have a bruise here. My fingernails are broken. And in my eyes and nose I have tear gas, which they sprayed into our eyes.”

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