Pussy Riot

Interview - Putting the World to Rights With Karin Park

Carly Wilford | Posted 05.12.2012 | UK Entertainment

Read More: Karin Park, London Fashion Week, Pussy Riot, Presenter, Carly Wilford, Interview, UK Entertainment News

Over here for the London Fashion week shows, I sat down and put the world to rights with Karin Park. A talented lady who has been in the industry a long time and has flowed with the ups and downs that having a career in music can bring.

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Huffington Post Picture Desk Live: 1st October 2012

Posted 30.11.2012 | UK

Read More: Russia, Photography, Pictures of the Day Blog, Turner Prize, Funny Pictures, Striking Pictures, Afghanistan, Surfing, Live Picture Blog, Pictures of the Day, Pussy Riot, Facebook, Dmitry Medvedev, Mark Zuckerberg, China, Justin Bieber, UK News

Scroll down for some of the best news, entertainment, culture and sports pictures from around the world, brought to you by The Huffington Post's Pictu...

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Christopher Hitchens And Pussy Riot To Get 'Peace Prize'

PA/Huffington Post | Posted 19.11.2012 | Home

Read More: John Lennon, Pussy Riot, Books, Yoko Ono, John Lennon Peace Prize, Christopher Hitchens, Home News

The late writer Christopher Hitchens and Russian punk activists Pussy Riot - three of whose members have been jailed - are to be given a biennial peac...

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'Free Pussy Riot' Says Russia's PM

The Huffington Post UK | Jessica Elgot | Posted 13.09.2012 | UK

Read More: Russia, Free Pussy Riot, UK Courts, Vladimir Putin, UK News, Pussy Riot, Russia Human Rights, Russian Politics, Dmitry Medvedev, UK News

Russia's prime minister, Dmitry Medvedev, has called for the three jailed members of female punk band Pussy Riot to be freed. Medvedev said the pro...

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Pussy Riot and the Legacy of Punk

Johan Kugelberg | Posted 11.11.2012 | Home

Read More: Music Revolution, Punk, Crass, Pussy Riot, Johan Kugelberg, Punk Rock, Pussy Riot Russia, The Sex Pistols, Protest, Rizzoli New York, Pussy Riot Trial, Hayward Gallery, Sex Pistols, Jon Savage, Pussy Riot Protest, Punk Music, Home News

The riot girls taught us that young women inside a counter-culture movement don't necessarily get heard until they grab the microphone.

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New Pussy Riot Video Released

Patrick Reevell | Posted 06.11.2012 | Home

Read More: Russia, Pussy Riot, Mtv, New Video, Putin, Home News

Members of the Russian punk group, Pussy Riot have produced a new video in which they condemn the imprisonment of three women accused of hooliganism a...

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Pussy Riot Fans Burn Putin Effigy In Hard-Hitting Video

WENN | Posted 07.11.2012 | UK Entertainment

Read More: Video, UK Music, Green Day, President Putin, Madonna, Russian Punks, Pussy Riot, Bjork, UK Entertainment News

Masked fans of Russian punk collective Pussy Riot have filmed a hard-hitting online video, in which they set fire to images of Vladimir Putin and than...

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Pussy Riot: Bodies Of Two Women Found With Message Demanding Group's Freedom

The Huffington Post UK | Posted 30.08.2012 | UK

Read More: UK Murder, Murder, Russia, UK Crime, UK News, Vladimir Putin, Pussy-Riot-Murder, Pussy Riot, Russian Protests, UK News

Two murdered women have been found with the words "Free Pussy Riot" daubed on the wall, with the link between the killings and the imprisoned punk ban...

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Two Faced on Facebook

Daniel Warner | Posted 29.10.2012 | UK Tech

Read More: Twitter, Social Networking, Ivy League, Pussy Riot, Facebook, Social Media, Internet, Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook Friends, UK Tech, UK Tech News

Facebook seems to be having a tough time of late. Disgruntled shareholders, Internet trolls and enforced changes to it's followers profiles have given it the kind of bad PR that a Pussy Riot gig would give President Putin.

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Too Early to Tell

Nick Revell | Posted 26.10.2012 | UK Comedy

Read More: Human Rights, Pussy Riot, Satire, UK Comedy News

In 1972 it was either Henry Kissinger or Richard Nixon who asked the Chinese Foreign Minster Chou en Lai what he thought were the main effects of the French Revolution in 1789. And Chou en Lai said, "It's still too early to tell."

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Two Pussy Riot Members Flee Russia

Huffington Post UK | Posted 26.08.2012 | UK

Read More: Russia, Womens Rights, Human Rights, Kremlin, Pussy Riot, Anti Putin, Putin, Pussy, UK News

Two members of punk band Pussy Riot have fled Russia to escape arrest, a Twitter account for the group has claimed. Earlier this week police were s...

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PHOTOS: Pussy Riot Protesters 'Attack' Soviet Statues

The Huffington Post UK | Posted 22.08.2012 | UK

Read More: Video, UK News, Pussy Riot, Pussy Riot Verdict, Pussy Riot Protest, UK News

Activists angry at the jail sentences handed down to Russian punk band Pussy Riot have made a statement by placing bright balaclavas over the heads of...

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Website For Moscow Court Which Convicted Pussy Riot 'Hacked By Anonymous'

Huffington Post UK | Posted 21.08.2012 | UK

Read More: Russia, Hacktivists, Anonymous, Hooliganism, Anti Gay, Assange, Pussy Riot, Hacking, Anti Putin, UK News

The website of the Moscow court that convicted members of punk band Pussy Riot for singing an anti-Putin song in a cathedral was hacked on Tuesday. ...

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French Pussy Riot Arrests Over Illegal Balaclavas

The Huffington Post UK | Jessica Elgot | Posted 19.08.2012 | UK

Read More: Russia, UK News, France, Niqab Ban, Niqab, Pussy Riot, Pussy Riot Trial, Slideexpand, Marseille, New York, UK News

French demonstrators protesting against the jailing of Russian feminist punk band Pussy Riot have been arrested - because of the country's controversi...

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Putin's Prisoners

The Cambridge Union Society | Posted 19.10.2012 | UK Universities & Education

Read More: Russia, Vladimir Putin, Pussy Riot, Dictatorship, UK Universities and Education, UK Students, UK Universities & Education News

These women are Putin's prisoners. Just as their act was political, so too was their trial, with the Kremlin egging on the judiciary in an attempt to imprison the women and crush dissent more widely.

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Pussy Riot: Madge Calls Sentencing 'Inhumane'

WENN/The Huffington Post UK | Posted 20.08.2012 | Home

Read More: Paul McCartney, Madonna, Video, Pussy Riot Trial, Pussy Riot, Bjork, Kate Nash, Home News

Madonna has urged officials in Russia to release imprisoned members of punk band Pussy Riot from prison, branding their two-year sentence "inhumane". ...

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The Week That Was: Riot Starters

Carla Buzasi | Posted 18.10.2012 | UK

Read More: Russia, Women, Jess Ennis, UK Impact, Pussy Riot, Putin, Jessica Ennis, UK News

While Jess sent Sheffield into a riot of fluttering Union Jacks and gold accessories on Friday, hundreds of miles away, three young women paid for their beliefs and courage with a trio of harsh two-year jail sentences handed down by a Russian court. No matter how you look at it, or whichever event has piqued your interest this August, one thing is not in doubt: the summer of 2012 is providing plenty of likely candidates to inspire the next generation.

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Pussy Riot Sentence Jeopardises the Sochi 2014 Olympic Games

Andy Miah | Posted 17.10.2012 | UK Politics

Read More: Sochi 2014 Olympic Games, Russia, Winter Games, Pussy Riot, Lgbtq, UK Politics News

While today's sentencing of the Pussy Riot trio and the accompanying 100 year law banning Pride marches is devastating for many Russian citizens, it also jeopardises the integrity of the Sochi 2014 Olympic Games, which will take place in less than two years.

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Pussy Riot Jailed For Six Years Over Anti-Putin Song

The Huffington Post UK | Dina Rickman | Posted 17.08.2012 | UK

Read More: UK Courts, Russia, UK News, Human Rights, Free Speech, Vladimir Putin, Moscow, Pussy Riot Trial, Pussy Riot, Slideexpand, Feminism, UK News

The members of Russian punk trio Pussy Riot have been sentenced to two years in jail each after being found guilty of "hooliganism motivated by religi...

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Pussy Riot Punk Band Found Guilty Of Hooliganism Motivated By Religious Hatred

The Huffington Post UK | Ned Simons and Sara C Nelson | Posted 17.08.2012 | UK

Read More: UK Courts, Russia, Human Rights, UK News, Free Speech, Vladimir Putin, Moscow, Pussy Riot, Pussy Riot Trial, Feminism, UK News

Pussy Riot have been found guilty of hooliganism motivated by religious hatred. The band of three Russian women, Nadezhda Tolokonnikova, 22, Yekate...

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Pussy Riot Day of Action

Amin Elmubarak | Posted 16.10.2012 | UK Politics

Read More: Kremlin, Russia, Xenia Grubstein, Pussy Riot Trial, Pussy Riot, Dmitry Medvedev, Free Vote for Russia, UK Politics News

Though many have speculated that Judge Syrova's decision was a foregone conclusion, on Friday 17 August, all eyes will be fixed on Russia to see the fate of the Pussy Rioters.

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Hooligans Or Heroes? Verdict Nears For Pussy Riot

The Huffington Post UK | Jessica Elgot | Posted 17.08.2012 | UK

Read More: Russia, UK Courts, UK News, Human Rights, Free Speech, Vladimir Putin, Moscow, Pussy Riot Trial, Pussy Riot, Feminism, Video, UK News

Five women wearing neon balaclavas who stormed the altar of Moscow's cathedral in a "punk protest" against Russia's president Vladimir Putin will lear...

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PICTURES: Topless Women Rally In Support Of Pussy Riot

The Huffington Post UK | Posted 27.08.2012 | UK

Read More: Video, Pussy Riot, UK News, Pussy Riot Kerry Mccarthy, Slideexpand, Femen Feminists, Femen, UK News

Topless feminist FEMEN came out to support Russian punk band Pussy Riot as part of a series of demonstrations around the world aimed at helping the de...

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Inside The Pussy Riot Trial

Kerry McCarthy | Posted 08.10.2012 | UK Politics

Read More: Russia, Pussy Riot, Putin, UK, UK Music, World, UK Politics, Vladimir Putin, UK Entertainment, UK Diary, Music, UK Politics News

There have been many concerns raised about the way the women are being treated: they say they are only getting a few hours sleep a night, they aren't being fed during their 12 hour days at court, and Nadya and Masha have not been able to see their two small children.

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PHOTOS: Madonna Dons Balaclava, Prays For Pussy Riot's Freedom

WENN | Posted 08.08.2012 | UK Entertainment

Read More: Russia, UK Music, Madonna, Moscow, Pussy Riot, Pussy Riot Trial, Slideexpand, Madonna Pussy Riot, UK Entertainment News

Madonna voiced her support for the imprisoned members of Russian band Pussy Riot at her concert in Moscow on Tuesday as she hailed the punk trio as "c...

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