Pussy Riot in Los Angeles tonight! (topless video)

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(Colbert Report) Stephen Colbert welcomes Russian punk activists Pussy Riot Nadya and Masha.

Vegan Maria Alyokhina

Members of Russian feminist punk protest group Pussy Riot have risen to global visibility over the last several years.

 

Their provocative guerilla performances in unusual public locations center around themes of feminism and LGBT rights, primarily in opposition to the policies of Russian Pres. Putin, whom they regard as a dictator.

 

The Pussy Riot approach to protest and the much-publicized jailing of two members, founder Nadya Tolokonnikova and Maria Alyokhina, was recently dramatized in the hit Netflix drama “House of Cards,” with Tolokonnikova, her husband Pytor Verzilov, and Alyokhina guest starring as themselves.

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An HBO documentary titled “Pussy Riot: A Punk Prayer” was released in 2013.

 

Alyokhina shares their story with us through a conversation with KCRW’s Edward Goldman.

Since 1988, Goldman has been the host of KCRW’s weekly art review, “Art Talk”. Both fearless and fun, Edward offers a unique accent on art. Formerly employed by the famed Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg, Russia, and a favorite on-air presence, he offers impassioned views on what he sees in the galleries and museums and at events throughout the world, and isn’t afraid to “speak truth to power.” Supported by the George C. Perkins Fund. 

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(AFP News Agency) Pussy Riot and topless activists Femen: Rebels without a cause?

 

(AFP) The women's activists and topless protesters FEMEN.org and the punk feminists Pussy Riot have achieved fame -- or perhaps infamy -- around the world for their provocative protests. But is there more to the Ukrainian and Russian groups than mere shock tactics?