Pussy Riot is a Russian
feminist protest punk rock and performance art group based in Moscow founded in August 2011. The group staged unauthorized provocative guerrilla performances in public places, performances that were filmed as
music videos and posted on the Internet. The group's lyrical themes included
feminism,
LGBT rights, opposition to Russian
President Vladimir Putin and his policies, and Putin's links to the leadership of the Russian Orthodox
Church.
Pussy Riot gained global notoriety when five members of the group staged a performance inside Moscow's Cathedral. Three of the group's members, Nadezhda Tolokonnikova, Maria Alyokhina, and Yekaterina Samutsevich, were arrested
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hooliganism". Each of them was sentenced to two years' imprisonment.