Pussy Riot

Anti-Putin punk group Pussy Riot headlines UK Christian music festival

By Rosie Dawson — August 29, 2018
LONDON (RNS) — At Greenbelt, Britain's foremost Christian rock gathering, the Russian punk band's leader, Maria Alyokhina, claimed the band should be understood as a 'Christian gesture.'

Al Jazeera Video: Orthodox corruption?

By Sally Morrow — February 27, 2013
Video courtesy Al Jazeera After decades of suppression, the Russian Orthodox Church appears to be back in favour with the country’s leadership.

Russian punk band found guilty of ‘hooliganism’ and ‘religious hatred’

By Sophia Kishkovsky — August 17, 2012

(RNS/ENInews) A Moscow court on Friday found three members of the feminist punk band Pussy Riot guilty of "hooliganism motivated by religious hatred" for a guerrilla performance in Moscow's main cathedral. By Sophia Kishkovsky.

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