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Here's punk in your eye: Pussy Riot's provocative art manifesto hits Europe

The mission: struggle, protest, resistance. The means: provocation, performance, punk rock. The famous Russian group Pussy Riot is on a European tour with a performance based on Maria Alyokhina's books.

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Singing truth to power: The best protest songs of the past 10 years

Musicians have always harnessed the power of music to protest war, inequality and oppression, in the aim of promoting positive change. Euronews Culture delves into the best protest songs of the last decade.

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"I put my hand up and said I'm bringing trouble to them. Here we are." Pussy Riot founder Nadya Tolokonnikova added to Russian federal wanted list

The judgement comes days after Pussy Riot occupied the New York offices of communications company Ubiquiti

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Russia returns to the Venice Biennale amid fierce criticism

Even if Moscow was never formally banned from the most important contemporary art competition after its large-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, this return - which coincides with a certain 'rehabilitation' of Russian athletes - is raising quite a few eyebrows.

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Punk group Pussy Riot ruled ‘extremist’ organisation and banned in Russia

The ruling follows a September judgment that sentenced all five group members in absentia to up to 13 years in prison.

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'The inimitable Pam Hogg I knew and loved'

DJ Josh Quinton remembers his friend Pam Hogg, the Scottish fashion designer famed for her bold, boundary-smashing style

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Motherland by Julia Ioffe review – the matriarchs who built mother Russia

A journalist uses family and political history to paint a portrait of a country in turmoil through its women

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'Ukraine must win': Five members of Pussy Riot sentenced to jail in Russia

Five members of the feminist punk group Pussy Riot have been sentenced in absentia to prison in Russia. One member, Diana Burkot, said: “Ukraine must win, and Putin must face trial in The Hague.”

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Pussy Riot member says ‘Ukraine must win’ after being handed jail term

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Russia sentences Pussy Riot members in absentia to jail for anti-war messages

The sentences, ranging from 8 to 13 years, have been called ‘politically motivated’ by the protest group

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Ukraine war briefing: Russian court sentences Pussy Riot members in absentia to jail over war criticism

Terms of eight to 13 years handed down over a music video and a Berlin show, according to reports, as collective rejects charges as politically motivated. What we know on day 1,301

The Guardian - AU

It's now illegal in Russia to search for Pussy Riot videos - and culprits can be fined

Videos on the banned list include Death to Prison, Freedom to Protest and Putin Has Pissed Himself

Louder

Russian Deputies Back Fines For Clicking On 'Extremist' Content

Russian lawmakers on Thursday advanced a bill that would outlaw opening or searching for content online judged "extremist", such as songs glorifying Ukraine and material by feminist rock band Pussy Riot.

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Pussy Riot’s founder built a ‘police state’ in an LA art gallery. Then the national guard arrived

Nadya Tolokonnikova tells the Guardian she felt she had ‘entered a wormhole’ when her police state exhibition was shut down – by the police state

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The Last Word: ‘painfully poignant’ play gives a voice to women silenced by Russia’s legal system

Anna Narinskaya’s play The Last Word, which has transferred to London’s Marylebone Theatre after its premiere in Berlin in 2022, gives voice to nine women who have fallen foul of the Russian legal system in recent years.

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NY governor's subway mask ban proposal sparks debate over right to anonymous protest

A new proposal by Gov. Kathy Hochul to ban masks on the New York subway is drawing pushback from disability advocates and civil liberties, who say the measure could violate the right to protest anonymously

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The week in classical: Riot Symphony; L’Olimpiade; LSO/Tilson Thomas review – humanity and hope

Pussy Riot and a young anti-Nazi protester inspire an exhilarating world premiere; an offstage stand-in steals the show in Irish National Opera’s latest elegant Vivaldi; and the LSO rallies around a much-loved conductor

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‘The anti-pet of bourgeois life’: why the world needs big cat energy

Whether by striking workers, poets or Pussy Riot, our feline friends have long been used as a symbol of resistance – radical by nature, they refuse to be tamed

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Russia Sentences Pussy Riot Activist To Eight Years

Pussy Riot activist sentenced to 8 years in Russia for 'war fakes' on Ukraine, sparking global outrage and concerns about freedom of speech.

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Who is Ilya Ponomarev, the anti-war Russian renegade exiled in Ukraine?

Ponomarev, once a liberal parliamentarian, likens himself to Charles de Gaulle. Does he really pose a threat to Putin?

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Pussy Riot TV series in the works

Limited series will be based on the forthcoming memoir from founding member Nadya Tolokonnikova

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‘I am ready to share this story’: Pussy Riot TV series in the works

The limited series on the Russian feminist collective will be based on the forthcoming memoir by founder Nadya Tolokonnikova

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Pussy Riot founder protests Indiana’s ban on nearly all abortions

Nadya Tolokonnikova performed in front of the state’s supreme court and debuted the group’s new single, God Save Abortion

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Pussy Riot’s Tolokonnikova: ‘Russia wants me poisoned, dead, or in jail’

A founding member of the punk feminist art collective, who is wanted in Russia, talks to Al Jazeera.

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‘I want to express rage’: Ukrainian punks Death Pill take fury on tour

The trio are back in Kyiv, preparing to kick off their first European tour, raging against Putin – and doing a lot of hugging

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