Sleeping is a violation of the rules' – Pussy Riot's Maria Alyokhina on life inside a Russian penal colony, Books
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In 2012, Maria Alyokhina was sentenced to two years in prison after performing with Pussy Riot in a Moscow church. In an exclusive extract from her new book, Riot Days, she talks about the abusive guards, freezing cold conditions and damaged prisoners she encountered inside
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DOC) What does the coverage of the Pussy Riot story in Russian and UK news media show us about the public sphere, and the type of stories that are in the public
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Pussy Riot's Mariya Alyokhina: 'Politics is not something that exists in one or another White House. It is our lives', Pussy Riot
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Russian Protest Culture: Why Does the Pussy Riot Trial Matter?
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Violence breeds violence': one woman's story of 16 years inside a Russian jail, Russia
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Velvet Terrorism: Pussy Riot's Russia: 9788793659735: Alyokhina, Maria, Alyokhina, Maria, Colstrup, Tine, Sigurjónsdóttir, Ingibjörg: Books
Pussy Riot-like justice around the world - The San Diego Union-Tribune
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Pussy Riot at Louisiana Museum of Modern Art
Pussy Riot: 'We will fight for prisoners' rights' - TODAY
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Sleeping is a violation of the rules' – Pussy Riot's Maria Alyokhina on life inside a Russian penal colony, Books
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