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Pyotr Verzilov - Russian artist and political activist

Pyotr Verzilov - Russian artist and political activist

The Interview vor 14 Jahren

Zeinab Badawi talks to the husband of a jailed Russian protester from punk band Pussy Riot

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To their critics they're publicity hungry blasphemers; to their
minds they are feminist punk rockers protesting against what they
say is Russian president Vladimir Putin's authoritarianism and
sexism.

When three members of the Russian band Pussy Riot were jailed in
August, there was an international outcry.

They were found guilty of hooliganism for staging an illegal
performance early this year in Moscow's Cathedral of Christ the
Saviour.

Zeinab Badawi speaks to Pyotr Verzilov, the husband of one of the
jailed activists, Nadezhda Tolokonnikova.

Is Pussy Riot's high media profile the result of their shock
tactics rather than real political clout?

(Image: Members of the female punk band Pussy Riot (R-L) Nadezhda
Tolokonnikova, Maria Alyokhina and Yekaterina Samutsevich sit in
a glass-walled cage during a court hearing in Moscow. Credit:
REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov/Files)