Two activists from the Russian punk band Pussy Riot have gone on hunger strike in a Russian prison near Moscow. They demand, among other things, that they be housed in one cell and that they are allowed to communicate with each other, report an independent news portal and the civil rights website Ovd-Info.
The women are incarcerated for about two weeks. Members of the regime-critical group are repeatedly arrested and sentenced to prison terms. The band continues to cause a stir with high-profile actions. For example, during the final of the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia, band members ran onto the field.
One of the two women on hunger strike, Maria Alyochina, gained international fame in 2012 when she and other band members were sentenced to two years in prison after protesting Russian President Vladimir Putin with a “punk prayer” in a church.
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