TWO members of the punk band Pussy Riot have been detained
near the Winter Olympics in central Sochi, according to a Russian human rights
activist.
Semyon Simonov said he was with Maria Alekhina and Nadezhda
Tolokonnikova at the time. He said the two women have been accused of theft and
says several other activists were also detained by police.
Ms Alekhina and Ms Tolokonnikova spent nearly two years in
prison but were released in December. They were convicted of hooliganism after
staging a protest in Moscow’s most prominent cathedral in opposition to
President Vladimir Putin’s government.
Ms Alekhina and Ms Tolokonnikova recently visited the US to
take part in an Amnesty International concert.
Source-scotsman.com
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