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Russia sentences Pussy Riot members in absentia to jail for anti-war messages
Five Pussy Riot members received prison terms from 8 to 13 years for anti-war acts deemed "false information" and obscene protests against Putin, per Moscow court.
- The court in Moscow on September 15 sentenced five Pussy Riot members in absentia, including Maria Alyokhina, Taso Pletner, Olga Borisova, Diana Burkot, and Alina Petrova.
- Prosecutors linked the case to the December 2022 music video 'Mama, Don’t Watch TV' and an April 2024 Munich protest where authorities said one member urinated on a portrait of President Vladimir Putin.
- The court found Maria Alyokhina, Anastasia 'Taso' Pletner, Olga Borisova, Diana Burkot, and Alina Petrova guilty under Article 207.3 of the Russian Criminal Code, sentencing them to 8-13 years.
- Because the verdicts were issued in absentia, they hinge on extradition; all five members of Pussy Riot live abroad and label the charges politically motivated, the group says.
- The group's decades-long activism has repeatedly drawn Kremlin reprisals; Pussy Riot rose to prominence in 2012, and members and supporters say the sentences are part of a Kremlin campaign against dissent.
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