Pussy Riot facts for kids
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Pussy Riot are a Russian feminist punk rock protest group of about eleven women.
The group was formed in August 2011 in Moscow. Three members of the group (Yekaterina Samutsevich, Nadezhda Tolokonnikova and Maria Alyokhina) were put in prison for a protest they did at a cathedral in Moscow against Vladimir Putin. Yekaterina Samutsevich was let out of prison in September 2012 after her appeal succeeded.
There were protests around the world by people who thought that it was wrong for Pussy Riot members to be put in prison. Lots of famous people said that they should be released including Madonna. On December 23, 2013 Tolokonnikova and Alyokhina were let out. Other members declared that Nadezhda Tolokonnikova and Maria Alyokhina could not be Pussy Riot members because they showed their faces on US television.
Music
Pussy Riot have released seven songs.
Images for kids
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Interior of the Cathedral of Christ the Savior
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In 1931, Joseph Stalin ordered the demolition of the Cathedral of Christ the Saviour in Moscow
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Graffiti in Warsaw, Poland
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Protest in Berlin, Germany in June 2012
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See also
In Spanish: Pussy Riot para niños
