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Russia: Two Members of Pussy Riot Briefly Arrested at Demonstration

HeadlineAug 08, 2017

In Russia, two members of the feminist punk group Pussy Riot were briefly arrested and detained by police in the town of Yakutsk after attending a demonstration in support of jailed Ukrainian film director Oleg Sentsov. The two band members, Maria Alyokhina and Olga Borisova, were released after hours in court without charges later on Monday.

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