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Members of Pussy Riot Detained 3 Times in 3 Days

HeadlineFeb 19, 2014

Members of the Russian protest group Pussy Riot have been released following their detention in Sochi, Russia, where the Winter Olympics are underway. Nadya Tolokonnikova said she and fellow group member Maria Alyokhina have been detained three times in three days.

Nadya Tolokonnikova: “We have been in Sochi for three days now, and every day they detain us. We haven’t spoken out about it, as we are here as Pussy Riot and we can’t announce that to the public. But today it went overboard: They accused us of a crime. The police came to me today and told me specifically that I, Tolokonnikova, was accused of theft that took place at the hotel where I’m staying.”

Five members of the group emerged from the police station on Tuesday wearing brightly colored balaclavas and singing their new song, “Putin Will Teach You to Love Your Motherland.”

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