The feminist protest art collective Pussy Riot will serve as the subjects of a forthcoming limited series currently in development at STX Entertainment. The scripted series will be based on the upcoming memoir from founder Nadya Tolokonnikova, which traces the group’s origin story and subsequent run-ins with the law. “I …
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Avenged Sevenfold have teamed with Pussy Riot‘s Nadya Tolokonnikova for a new rendition of their jazzy metal mindfuck “We Love You,” a track off this year’s Life Is But a Dream… album. The new version, “We Love You Moar,” features Tolokonnikova singing the song’s chant: “More power, more pace/More money, …
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Nadya Tolokonnikova, the most visible member of the artist-activist collective Pussy Riot, is now on Russia’s most wanted criminals list. The Associated Press reports that earlier today a Russian news outlet, Mediazona, found Tolokonnikova’s name on the Russian Interior Ministry’s database, which claimed Tolokonnikova faced criminal charges without specifying what …
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A little over two weeks have passed since the art installation Pussy Riot: Putin’s Ashes closed in Los Angeles. Now sources in the Russian media report that the activist-art group’s Nadya Tolokonnikova may face criminal charges in Russia for staging it. “My job is to hurt Putin as much as …
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A decade ago this week, five members of Pussy Riot donned colorful balaclavas inside a Moscow cathedral and performed a raucous “Punk Prayer” to Mother Mary, pleading with her to “drive away” Russian President Vladimir Putin. Three Rioters were arrested, convicted of “hooliganism motivated by religious hatred,” and sentenced to …
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