Friday, August 10, 2018

Pussy Riot Member, Denied Permission To Leave Russia, Sneaks Over Border

Maria Alyokhina – one of the three artist-activists who was arrested and jailed for singing “Mother of God, cast Putin out!” in a Moscow cathedral in 2012 – was leaving for her scheduled appearance at the Edinburgh Fringe when Russian border guards at the airport told her she was barred from leaving the country. So she drove to Lithuania and flew from there.



Article source here:Arts Journal

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