Articles about Pussy Riot

13 February 2013
Analysis: Why Russia is defying the global trend towards LGBT equality 20 As several federal subjects of Russia start to approve legislation which prohibits so-called “homosexual propaganda”, PinkNews.co.uk examines what exactly is going on in one of the world’s most powerful countries.
22 November 2012
Madonna acquitted of breaking Russian anti-gay law 12 Charges that Madonna broke a homophobic censorship ban in the Russian city of St Petersburg have been dropped – at the same time lawmakers in Moscow have vetoed a proposed anti-gay bill.
10 October 2012
Russia: Pussy Riot band member released from jail 4 One member of the Russian LGBT-supporting punk band Pussy Riot has been freed from jail – although the other two women remain behind bars.
10 October 2012
Lady Gaga donates peace award to the Elton John AIDS Foundation 4 Lady Gaga has handed the cash she received as part of the LennonOno Grant for Peace award to Sir Elton John's AIDS foundation.
1 October 2012
Russia: Pussy Riot appeal case delayed + A Russian court has adjourned the appeal hearing of three activists from the LGBT-supporting punk band Pussy Riot.
14 September 2012
Russian PM calls for the release of Pussy Riot 13 Russia’s Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev has called for three members of the LGBT-supporting feminist punk band Pussy Riot to be freed.
24 August 2012
Bulgaria: Hackers use gay pop singer’s video to attack Russian court’s website 9 Unidentified hackers attacked the website of the Moscow-based court who sentenced Pussy Riot last week by posting on it a video by Azis, a gay Bulgarian Romani pop singer.
21 August 2012
Lawyer: Pussy Riot “may face physical harm and violence” 6 The defence lawyer for the Russian feminist punk bank, Pussy Riot, has said he is concerned for the wellbeing of the group who were jailed last week.
17 August 2012
Update: each member of LGBT-supporting feminist punk band Pussy Riot sentenced to two years in prison 86 Three members of Russian feminist punk band Pussy Riot have been found guilty and convicted of hooliganism motivated by religious hatred, over a their protest in a Moscow cathedral during which they performed an anti-Putin "punk prayer".
13 August 2012
Video: Mayor of Reykjavik drags up at gay pride to show support for Pussy Riot 10 With a week to go before the verdict in the Pussy Riot trial, the Mayor of Reykjavik Jon Gnarr has donned a pink dress and danced to the band's music on a float at the city's gay pride festival.
8 August 2012
St Petersburg: Madonna responds to hate with pink wristbands 2 The pop icon’s official Facebook page talks of the fashion accessories forming “part" of her upcoming show in the Russian city.

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