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Russia sentences Pussy Riot activist to 6 years in absentia for Ukraine war fakes
Those found guilty of spreading “false information” about Russia’s army risk 10 years in prison.
The Moscow court said Shtein, who served as a Moscow municipal deputy until 2022, would begin her sentence once she could be extradited to Russia.
Pussy Riot, a feminist opposition group, rose to prominence by donning balaclavas and storming into Moscow’s Christ the Saviour Cathedral in February 2012, shouting out a song against Putin. Many of its members have been jailed in Russia.
Pussy Riot band member escapes Russia dressed as food courier
Pussy Riot band member escapes Russia dressed as food courier
Just weeks after the invasion of Ukraine began, Shtein fled house arrest in Moscow with her girlfriend and fellow Pussy Riot member Maria Alyokhina.
The pair donned the ubiquitous lime-green uniforms of Moscow’s food delivery couriers to evade police and sneaked out of the city, eventually reaching Lithuania, Alyokhina told The New York Times.
They settled in Iceland, which granted them citizenship in May 2023, according to local media there.
Prosecutors had requested an eight-and-a-half year sentence for Shtein, who on Wednesday joked in a post on X that her mother had “bet” they would ask for nine years.