A security source told Interfax that the four were delivered to a local police station for questioning after being dragged off the pitch by stewards
As the Winter Olympics begin, Russia’s President Vladimir Putin hopes that a successful event will enhance the country’s international reputation.
Nadezhda Tolokonnikova has said their release from prison was not a humanitarian gesture, but a propaganda stunt ahead of the Winter Olympics.
Maria Alyokhina and Nadezhda Tolokonnikova say they want acquittal from Vladimir Putin, not amnesty.
Pussy Riot member Maria Alyokhina has been freed from jail under amnesty, giving her an early release from her two-year sentence in Russia.
Two members of punk protest band Pussy Riot could be freed from prison under an amnesty proposed by Russia’s President Vladimir Putin, say lawyers.
Nadezhda Tolokonnikova, one of the jailed members of the Russian punk collective Pussy Riot, is on her way to a prison colony in the heart of Siberia.
Jailed Pussy Riot musician Nadezhda Tolokonnikova has been moved to an isolated cell, which Russia’s prison service says is "a so-called safe place".
One of the jailed members of Russian punk band Pussy Riot has asked again to be released on parole after serving almost a year in prison.
The Pussy Riot punk band has taken aim at President Vladimir Putin – and how he runs Russia’s oil industry – in its first video in almost a year.
As Maria Alyokhina’s hunger strike continues, her strength inspires others as much as it scares the Russian state, writes Ramola Garai.
Maria Alyokhina, who was jailed over a protest against Vladimir Putin says she is starting a hunger strike after she was barred from a parole hearing.
Zanele Muholi has won the Freedom of Expression Index award over punk group Pussy Riot, filmmaker Haifaa al Mansour and cartoonist Aseem Trivedi.
Miss Russia has contradicted President Putin by denouncing the jailing of members of punk band Pussy Riot, who performed a protest song in a church.
Two members of the anti-Kremlin punk band Pussy Riot have been sent to remote prison camps, where conditions are reportedly dire.
Two members of punk band Pussy Riot have been taken to remote Russian prison colonies, notorious for their harsh conditions, their lawyer said.
An appeal by three members of jailed rock band Pussy Riot has been postponed after one of them fired her lawyers.
Tens of thousands marched though Moscow on Saturday to demand an end to Vladimir Putin’s rule and show their protest movement remains strong.
President Vladimir Putin says Russia was obliged to protect the feelings of religious believers from Pussy Riot, slamming their antics as an "orgy".
A jailed member of the punk band has spoken out against the oppression of Vladimir Putin’s critics.
Pussy Riot’s lawyer says he has seen signs of a backlash against their Western support that may not bode well for softer sentences.
Members of veteran rock band KISS say they back Russia’s punk rockers Pussy Riot even if they don’t think much of their music.
Putin may have more serious critics, but Pussy Riot have shown the west how artistic dissent can still make a difference
The marriage of the Kremlin and the church in the Pussy Riot affair shows how sinister matters are in Russia.
A Russian judge has found three women from the Pussy Riot punk band guilty of hooliganism motivated by religious hatred.
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Madonna is the latest in a long list of global stars who have come out to support the trio, using a concert in Moscow to condemn their persecution.
Yekaterina Samutsevich, Nadezhda Tolokonnikova and Maria Alyokhina, exposed as the women behind Pussy Riot, are on trial for hooliganism in Russia.
Russia’s most famous prisoner has likened the Pussy Riot trial to a medieval inquisition and says their prison regime may amount to torture.
Russian women punk band Pussy Riot’s trial – which began on Monday – seems certain to become a defining moment in Vladimir Putin’s political career.