Pussy Riot Members Arrested Again, Minutes After Being Released

‘Pussy Riot’ members have been arrested again. They were arrested earlier for ‘disrupting’ the FIFA World Cup final

Four members of the Russian punk band and activist group ‘Pussy Riot’ were arrested again on Monday, the same day they were released from prison, for their World Cup protest.

‘Pussy Riot’ is a feminist punk-rock group that started in 2011 in Moscow, Russia. Their aim was to disrupt the socio-political landscape of the country and lay bare the hypocrisies, discrimination and rampant sexism.

Members Pyotr Verzilov, Nika Nikulshina, Olga Kurachyova and Olga Pakhtusova were jailed for 15 days, earlier this month. The four interrupted the second half of the Croatia v France match, held in Moscow, Russia, for about 25 seconds on 15 July.