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Deputy Chief Justice Raymond Zondo at the commission’s first public hearing on state capture and corruption. (Gulshan Khan/AFP)

Russia’s Pussy Riot claim World Cup pitch invasion

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

Sochi Games: Putin’s project of personal importance

As the Winter Olympics begin, Russia’s President Vladimir Putin hopes that a successful event will enhance the country’s international reputation.

Russian punk protest band Pussy Riot member Nadezhda Tolokonnikova.

Pussy Riot freed to improve Russia’s image, says band member

Nadezhda Tolokonnikova has said their release from prison was not a humanitarian gesture, but a propaganda stunt ahead of the Winter Olympics.

Pussy Riot described their prison sentence as a time of ‘endless humiliations’.

Freed Pussy Riot members more defiant than ever

Maria Alyokhina and Nadezhda Tolokonnikova say they want acquittal from Vladimir Putin, not amnesty.

Pussy Riot member released from jail under 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.

Pussy Riot members could be freed under amnesty

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.

Pussy Riot singer moved to Siberian prison after ‘Gulag’ letter

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.

Nadezhda Tolokonnikova of the all-girl band Pussy Riot. (AFP)

Pussy Riot musician moved to isolation after hunger strike

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".

Maria Alyokhina

Pussy Riot member pleads for parole

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.

Puck from Pussy Riot speaks at the Q & A of ‘Pussy Riot: A Punk Prayer’ at Landmark’s Sunshine Cinema on June 5 2013 in New York City.

Pussy Riot tackle Putin’s leadership in new video

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.

Maria Alyokhina

I celebrate the ‘f*** you’ behind Pussy Riot’s eyes

As Maria Alyokhina’s hunger strike continues, her strength inspires others as much as it scares the Russian state, writes Ramola Garai.

Barred Pussy Riot member goes on hunger strike

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.

SA activist wins international Freedom of Expression award

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 faces media backlash after denouncing Pussy Riot sentence

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.

Maria Alyokhina

Pussy Riot members to serve sentences in Russia’s ‘harshest prisons’

Two members of the anti-Kremlin punk band Pussy Riot have been sent to remote prison camps, where conditions are reportedly dire.

Pussy Riot members taken to ‘prison hell’

Two members of punk band Pussy Riot have been taken to remote Russian prison colonies, notorious for their harsh conditions, their lawyer said.

Two members of the group Pussy Riot.

Moscow court postpones Pussy Riot appeal

An appeal by three members of jailed rock band Pussy Riot has been postponed after one of them fired her lawyers.

Opposition protesters listen to speakers during a protest rally in Moscow on September 15.

Anti-Putin protesters show their strength

Tens of thousands marched though Moscow on Saturday to demand an end to Vladimir Putin’s rule and show their protest movement remains strong.

Two members of the group Pussy Riot.
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Putin: We must protect believers from Pussy Riot

President Vladimir Putin says Russia was obliged to protect the feelings of religious believers from Pussy Riot, slamming their antics as an "orgy".

Nadezhda Tolokonnikova

Pussy Riot vow to fight despite jail

A jailed member of the punk band has spoken out against the oppression of Vladimir Putin’s critics.