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November 12, 2013

Pussy Riot Member Out of Contact Since Transfer to Heart of Siberia 
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The husband of jailed Pussy Riot member Nadia Tolokonnikova says he has
not heard anything from or about his wife for more than three weeks
since authorities said she was being transferred to a prison colony deep
in Siberia. Tolokonnivoka had denounced "slavery-like conditions" at the
penal colony in Mordovia, east of Moscow, where she was previously held.
Her husband said the new penal colony is nearly 3,000 miles away. He
told the Los Angeles Times "the system is taking its revenge on her for
her rebellion against its lawlessness. They are deliberately torturing
her right now by such a long transit."

 

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