With a loudly supported protest against the Russian leadership, the Russian punk band Pussy Riot, which is critical of the government, started their European tour with 19 performances in Berlin on Thursday evening. The activist Maria Alyokhina was also there. The 33-year-old had previously fled Russia. Based on Alyokhina’s book “Riot Days”, the “Pussy Riot Anti-War Tour” presented a performance project consisting of music, theater and videos.
Pussy Riot suddenly became known around the world ten years ago with a concert in a Moscow church against the ruler Vladimir Putin. Alyokhina was sentenced to two years in a prison camp in 2012 with her bandmate Nadezhda Tolokonnikova. At the end of 2013 they were pardoned and released. However, Alyokhina was repeatedly targeted by the Russian law enforcement authorities, for example in connection with demonstrations for the imprisoned Kremlin opponent Alexei Navalny. Most recently she was under house arrest.
Source: Nachrichten
