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Death to Prison, Freedom to Protest

This chronicle of Russian musical group Pussy Riot explores how they morphed from an obscure feminist protest band to an international cause celebre.

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  • Mariya Alyokhina

    Mariya Alyokhina

  • Yekaterina Samutsevich

    Yekaterina Samutsevich

  • Nadezhda Tolokonnikova

    Nadezhda Tolokonnikova

  • Vladimir Putin

    Vladimir Putin

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This chronicle of Russian musical group Pussy Riot explores how they morphed from an obscure feminist protest band to an international cause celebre.

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