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​Pussy Riot Indictment Posted
On June 5, Mark Feigin, counsel to Nadezhda Tolokonnikova, posted on his blog that Russian authorities decided on May 28 to prosecute his client under Part 2 of Article 213 of the Criminal Code (hooliganism committed by a group of persons by prior conspiracy of hate) over her alleged participation in Pussy Riot's punk prayer at the Cathedral of Christ the Saviour in Moscow. The indictment includes troubling passages that seem to be in direct conflict with elements of the Russian Constitution.
Misuse of Anti-Extremism Legislation in Russia. Summary, May 2012
The following is our review of May 2012’s primary and most representative examples of the misuse of anti-extremism legislation in Russia.