Pussy Riot duo `pay tribute` to Russia govt for award nomination

Last Updated: Friday, January 17, 2014, 15:47

Pussy Riot`s nomination for an arts award in Singapore should be extended to the Russian government for giving prominence to the protest collective by jailing members over their "Punk Prayer" video, two of the women said with heavy sarcasm.

Pussy Riot vows no let-up in Russia human rights fight

Last Updated: Friday, January 17, 2014, 15:07

Two Pussy Riot members on Friday vowed no let-up in their campaign against human rights abuses inside Vladimir Putin`s Russia as they made their first overseas trip since being released from jail.

Vladimir Putin `paranoid`, Khodorkovsky should be President: Pussy Riot girls

Last Updated: Saturday, December 28, 2013, 08:00

Both the members who were freed two months earlier than their scheduled release, had earlier slammed the act as Kremlin`s PR stunt.

Khodorkovsky congratulates Pussy Riot rockers on release

Last Updated: Tuesday, December 24, 2013, 20:10

Russia`s one-time richest man Mikhail Khodorkovsky on Tuesday congratulated two Pussy Riot punk rockers on their release from prison, saying he was happy their "torture" was over.

Pussy Riot women vow to fight on after release

Last Updated: Tuesday, December 24, 2013, 00:34

The two jailed members of anti-Kremlin punk band Pussy Riot, whose imprisonment prompted a wave of global outrage, walked free on Monday and immediately vowed to fight injustice in Russian prisons.

After Khodorkovsky, Russia frees Pussy Riot member Maria Alyokhina

Last Updated: Monday, December 23, 2013, 12:13

Russia has released a jailed member of punk band Pussy Riot, Maria Alyokhina, three months before her scheduled release under a newly introduced Amnesty law, her lawyer was reported as saying on Monday.

Russian amnesty could free Pussy Riot, not Khodorkovsky

Last Updated: Wednesday, December 11, 2013, 02:08

Two jailed Pussy Riot members could be freed early under a general amnesty backed by Russian President Vladimir Putin but anti-Kremlin ex-tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky is unlikely to benefit, according to a draft bill published on Tuesday.

Jailed Pussy Riot member asks for solitary confinement

Last Updated: Friday, November 23, 2012, 21:00

Alyokhina, 24, one of three Pussy Riot members sentenced to two years in prison last August for their raucous performance in Moscow`s main Orthodox cathedral.