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August 8, 2017

Russia: Two Members of Pussy Riot Briefly Arrested at Demonstration
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In Russia, two members of the feminist punk group Pussy Riot were
briefly arrested and detained by police in the town of Yakutsk after
attending a demonstration in support of jailed Ukrainian film director
Oleg Sentsov. The two band members, Maria Alyokhina and Olga Borisova,
were released after hours in court without charges later on Monday.


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