Jan 21, 2013 By Mike Hilleary

Following its premiere at the Sundance Film Festival this past weekend, HBO has purchased the distributing rights to Pussy Riot – A Punk Prayer, a new documentary about the Russian feminist punk collective Pussy Riot. More

Oct 10, 2012 By Mike Hilleary

A court appeal of Pussy Riot's two-year prison sentence has resulted in the release of one of the convicted members. More

Oct 01, 2012 By Mike Hilleary

In an act of solidarity for the incarcerated members of Pussy Riot, dance duo MEN have released a new song titled "Let Them Out Or Let Me In." More

Sep 11, 2012 By Mike Hilleary

Just four weeks after the Aug. 17 verdict convicting three members of the Russian punk collective Pussy Riot, Feminist Press has released an eBook entitled Pussy Riot! A Punk Prayer for Freedom, collecting previously unavailable material surrounding the group's political protest and incarceration. More

Aug 27, 2012 By Mike Hilleary

With Russian police reportedly in search of them, two members of the anti-Kremlin punk collective Pussy Riot have successfully fled the country. More

Aug 22, 2012 By Mike Hilleary

Showing their support from one female punk trio to another, Vivian Girls have announced that they will play a special benefit show for the recently incarcerated members of Pussy Riot at the The Smell in Los Angeles on Aug. 27. More

Aug 21, 2012 By Mike Hilleary

Last Friday three members of the Russian punk band Pussy Riot were convicted of "hooliganism motivated by religious hatred or hostility" and sentenced to two years in prison after a guerrila performance at Moscow’s Christ the Saviour Cathedral led to their arrest back in February. More

Aug 17, 2012 By Mike Hilleary

Maria Alyokhina, Nadezhda Tolokonnikova, and Yekaterina Samutsevich — the three members of Russian punk collective Pussy Riot were found guilty this morning and sentenced to two years in prison after being charged with "hooliganism motivated by religious hatred or hostility." More

Aug 15, 2012 By Margot Cooper Gruen

In reaction to March events, where three members of punk activist band Pussy Riot were taken into custody for criticizing Russian leader Vladimir Putin in a punk prayer in a church in Moscow, performer Peaches has started a campaign to show support for these women. More