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February 18, 2014

2 Pussy Riot Members Detained in Sochi, Russia 
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Two members of the Russian protest group Pussy Riot, who recently
returned from a trip to the United States, have been detained in Sochi,
Russia, where the Olympics are underway. Nadya Tolokonnikova and Maria
Alyokhina spent nearly two years in prison for protesting Russian leader
Vladimir Putin inside an Orthodox cathedral. They had planned to stage a
protest against Putin in Sochi.

 

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