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February 20, 2014

Pussy Riot Members Beaten by Cossack Militia 
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In news from Russia, a video released Wednesday shows members of the
Russian protest group Pussy Riot being whipped by Cossack militia as
they tried to film a music video in Sochi, where the Olympics are
underway. Maria Alyokhina described her injuries.

Maria Alyokhina: "I have marks, I have a bruise here, my fingernails are
broken and in my eyes and nose I have tear gas which they sprayed into
our eyes."

 

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