| It was a few weeks before the election that would put the former president, more autocratic than ever, back into office. The threat of retribution against his critics was heavy in the capital where five women pulled on balaclavas and staged a protest against the Christian leaders who supported him. On February 21, 2012, inside Moscow’s Cathedral of Christ the Savior, the world met Pussy Riot. They kept fighting Putin — in the streets, at the Olympics and the World Cup — even as bullets and poisons silenced others. When Russia invaded Ukraine, dissent was crushed, and one by one Pussy Riot’s members fled. Casey Quackenbush caught up with several of them during their U.S. tour to learn about their time on the run and received a warning: “This story can happen anywhere.” |
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