The punk collective Pussy Riot has previously been banned in Russia as an “extremist” organization. On May 15, he was officially included in Rosfinmonitoring's list of organizations and individuals associated with “terrorism”.
Last December, a court in Moscow, during a closed session, accepted the request of the Prosecutor General's Office to recognize Pussy Riot as an “extremist” organization and ban its activities in Russia. As RIA Novosti reported, the prosecutor then argued that the reason was actions “posing a threat to state security.”
In August of the same year, they were found guilty of “hooliganism motivated by religious hatred” and sentenced to two years in a penal colony.
Vocal opponents of the invasion of Ukraine
Most members currently live abroad. Last September, five of them were sentenced to prison in absentia from 8 to 13 years in a penal colony for spreading “false information” about the Russian army.
