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The chants of "Free Pussy Riot" can now end. Pussy Riot members Maria Alyokhina and Nadezhda Tolokonnikova have been freed from prison, Russian President Vladimir Putin confirmed during a press conference today, Reuters reports. -
The remaining jailed Pussy Riot members are expected to be released this week due to an amnesty passed by the Russian parliament on Wednesday
Nadezhda Tolokonnikova and Maria Alyokhina, the jailed Pussy Riot members who were arrested in August 2012 for hooliganism, could be released as early as Thursday, four months earlier than their original sentence indicated. This is due to an amnesty marking the 20th anniversary of Russia's post-Soviet Constitution. The Russian parliament passed the amnesty on Wednesday -
Russia's Supreme Court reevaluated the verdicts for the jailed Pussy Riot members, but it doesn't mean they will be released early
Jailed Pussy Riot members Maria Alyokhina and Nadezhda Tolokonnikova finally got some validation from the Russian Supreme Court after closer consideration of their cases and the circumstances. But it doesn't mean they will be set free yet. -
Pussy Riot inmate turns out to be at a Tuberculosis hospital in Siberia
Pussy Riot member, Nadezhda Tolokonnikova, has apparently turned up in a hospital, as opposed to what we reported via Rolling Stone yesterday. Peter Verzilov, her husband, has confirmed to Rolling Stone today that she's at a hospital in the Siberian region of Krasnoyarsk. -
Missing Pussy Riot member turns up in Siberia
Pussy Riot member Nadezhda Tolokonnikova was considered missing when her whereabouts were unclear after apparently transferring to a different prison following her hunger strike. -
Pussy Riot's Nadezhda Tolokonnikova transferred to new prison, Russian officials confirm
Nadezhda Tolokonnikova of Pussy Riot has been transferred to a new prison Rolling Stone reports. Officials with Russia's Federal Penitentiary Service confirmed the news yesterday following the her family's announcement that the protestor had disappeared after being removed from the penal colony where she had previously been held. -
Pussy Riot member Nadezhda Tolokonnikova disappears during transfer of prisons in Russia
The most engaging political activity in the music world in recent years, the conflict between Pussy Riot and the Russian government, has taken a seemingly dire turn. Band member Nadezhda Tolokonnikova has gone missing amid a recent prison transfer. -
Will Putin, Gergiev, Netrebko Respond to Pussy Riot's Nadezhda Tolokonnikova Solitary Confinement and “Conditions of Slavery?"
Pussy Riot member Nadezhda Tolokonnikova was moved to solitary confinement today, a day after she began a hunger strike to protest the inhuman conditions at the penal colony where she is imprisoned. Prison authorities said they were... -
Imprisoned Pussy Riot Member Nadezhda Tolokonnikova Goes On Hunger Strike Over Prison's 'Slave Labor Conditions'
Pussy Riot member, Nadezhda Tolokonnikova, has declared she is going on hunger strike starting today (Sept. 23). She and fellow Pussy Riot member Maria Alyokhina are currently serving two-year sentences in Russia after being found guilty of "hooliganism motivated by religious hatred or hostility" following a protest held at Christ the Saviour Cathedral in Moscow. The group is known for its opposition to the politics of Vladimir Putin and for championing feminist and LGBT rights. -
Cleveland Orchestra’s Beethoven and Shostakovich Festival Explores Themes of Freedom and Resistance
The Stanley Kubrick film 'A Clockwork Orange' will be shown during the Cleveland Orchestra's festival "Fate and Freedom: Music of Beethoven and Shostakovich" on October 22-26. -
Five Quickies: Pussy Riot Opera, Florencia Fabris Dies Singing Verdi, Alexandre Desplat Scoring 'Godzilla,' Sly Stone's Albino Band, Resonant Bodies Fest's Database
News gets made fresh everyday. News gets made fresh everyday. And with the world's best musicians, singers, dancers and actors going back to repertory work after their summer stocks, there's more good news happening now than there was, say, back in August. -
Forbes Lists Valery Gergiev, at $16.5 Million a Year, as Russia's Highest-Paid Musician
In [post]-Soviet Russia, Valery Gergiev makes more than YOU! In [post]-Soviet Russia, Valery Gergiev makes more than YOU! According to the Russian bureau of Forbes, with an estimated 2011-12 salary of $16,500,000, the richest Russian musician is, in fact, Valery Gergiev.
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