The Pussy Riot activist turned Kremlin informer – podcast
Eight women in colourful balaclavas leap on to a stone platform, one with an electric guitar. Their opposition to Putin led to two of the group being sent to brutal prison camps.
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Their opposition to Putin led to two of the group being sent to brutal prison camps.
Shaun Walker reports It's January 2012 and Pussy Riot are filming a video in Red Square, Moscow.
As snow covers the cobbles and dusts the onion globes of St Basil's Cathedral, the clock on the Kremlin chimes 11am.
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Their opposition to Putin led to two of the group being sent to brutal prison camps. Shaun Walker reports It's January 2012 and Pussy Riot are filming a video in Red Square, Moscow. As snow covers the cobbles and dusts the onion globes of St Basil's Cathedral, the clock on the Kremlin chimes 11am.
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- Eight women in colourful balaclavas leap on to a stone platform, one with an electric guitar.
- Inspired by the Arab spring the previous year, they hoped to bring revolution to Russia and stop Putin.
- Three Pussy Riot members were found guilty of hooliganism after later protests, with two spending two years in some of Russia's harshest jails.
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Then another was found to be spying for the Kremlin. They start playing their latest song, Putin Has Chickened Out.
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