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Pussy Riot's Tolokonnikova Indicted, Vows to Protest

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“On April 3, Nadia Tolokonekova, co-founder of Pussy Riot, just got hit with a serious indictment from Russia's investigative committee for breaking their foreign agent law.”From the transcript

Nadya Tolokonnikova, co-founder of Pussy Riot, faces criminal charges in Russia for not labeling her social media posts as coming from a foreign agent, potentially facing two years in prison. This comes after Pussy Riot protested Ubiquitis tech gear being used by Russian troops in Ukraine. Despite the indictment, Tolokonnikova remains committed to protesting Russias push to rejoin the Venice Biennale.

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Pussy Riot's Tolokonnikova Indicted, Vows to Protest

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On April 3, Nadia Tolokonekova, co-founder of Pussy Riot, just got hit with a serious indictment from Russia's investigative committee for breaking their foreign agent law. She's now on the federal wanted list for not labeling her social media posts and materials as coming from a foreign agent, facing up to two years in, prison. Russia tagged her as a foreign agent back on December 30, 2021. Courts in Krasnoyarsk, Kray, already find her twice this year in 2024 for admin slipups, but this ramps it up to criminal charge as well. She's been operating from outside the country. This drops right after Pussy Riot staged a protest outside ubiquities Manhattan offices on March 27. They called out the tech company's Wi-Fi gear for ending up with Russian troops in Ukraine, joking that soldiers scrambled for alternatives when. Starling got cut off. Pussy Riot's been dropping these bold actions for years, from their punk prayer set in 2012

that landed Tolokonekova and others in jail. To crashing the Sochi Olympics, invading the World Cup field and raising LGBTQ flags against Putin's policies. Her team says this indictment won't slow her down. She's still set to protest Russia's push to rejoin the Venice Biennale, keeping the fight alive. No. Matter the pressure. Music news. Power by AI. This is Music News Today. I'm Corey with The Story.

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