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Putin Will Teach You to Love the Motherland
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Pre-Pussy Riot: 2 main members participate in Voina
Nadezhda Tolokonnikova and Yekaterina Samutsevich are members of Voina, a controversial political art group that protest the political hierarchy in Russia through radicalism. -
Pussy Riot is founded
Voina collapses and two members create Pussy Riot in response to Putin's third re-election. Originally the group is composed of about a dozen performers and fifteen people in charge of technological tasks -
Gay Pride Parade
Tolokonnikova and Samutsevich participated in the banned 2011 Gay Pride rally in Moscow -
Tolokonnikova & Samutsevich give a lecture on "punk feminism"
Tolokonnikova & Samutsevich play a recording of their first song, "Ubey seksista" ("Kill the Sexist"), branding themselves as a "new punk rock group." -
First Pussy Riot Performance
Pussy Riot performs "Virgin Mary Please Get Rid of Putin" in front of Christ the Saviour Cathedral in Moscow
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Arrest #1
Two founding members (Maria Alyokhina and Nadezhda Tolokonnikova) are charged with "hooliganism motivated by religious hatred" during first performance. Two weeks later Yekaterina Samutsevich is also arrested. -
Prison Release Confirmation
Pictured: Nadia Tolokonnikova in a holding cell during a hearing in April 2013 -
Pussy Riot Attacked
As Pussy Riot attempted to play "Putin Will Teach You to Love the Motherland" by a Sochi 2014 Olympics banner, the Cossack militia attacked them with whips -
I Can't Breathe - Music Video
In 2015, Pussy Riot releases their first English song in an effort to spread awareness on police brutality in support of Eric Garner. -
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Putin passes "slapping law"
New amendment makes “moderate” violence within families an administrative rather than criminal offence, punishable by a fine rather than a jail sentence.
From now on, beatings of spouses or children that result in bruising or bleeding but not broken bones are punishable by 15 days in prison or a fine, if they do not happen more than once a year. Previously, they carried a maximum jail sentence of two years.
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Oleg Sentsov Protest
Nadezhda Tolokonnikova and Maria Alekhina protest for the release of Oleg Sentsov, a Ukrainian filmmaker jailed for terrorism charges. They are both detained for a brief period. -
Trump Tower Shut Down
Pussy Riot 'occupies' Trump Tower to call attention to political prisoners, particularly Oleg Sentsov. Trump Tower was shut down for half an hour. -
World Cup Final Interrupted...
During the second half of the World Cup Final, 4 Pussy Riot members dress as police officers and storm the pitch. They issue a list of demands to the Russian authorities. The four are sentenced to 15 days of imprisonment for the act. -
Verzilov Poisoned in Retaliation
Nadezhda Tolokonnikova's husband Verzilov was among those who protested at the World Cup. It's believed that he was poisoned by the Russian government in retaliation. Germany's Cinema for Peace Foundation flies Verzilov to hospital in Berlin after treatment in Moscow, where he makes a full recovery. -
What next?
Pussy Riot continues to promote and exact political activism. The founders call on all of us to fight for progression. Anyone can be Pussy Riot!
