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The Girlfriends: Spotlight, E8: Nadya & Pussy Riot Punk the President

· 42 min · Episode 8 · Explicit

Episode The Girlfriends: Spotlight, E8: Nadya & Pussy Riot Punk the President

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When Nadya Tolokonnikova saw her country Russia change under President Vladimir Putin’s authoritarian regime, she knew she had to do something.

She started the iconic ski-mask-wearing art protest collective Pussy Riot. On February 21st, 2012, they performed their anti-Putin protest song, Punk Prayer, in a Moscow church, launching Nadya into overnight activist fame… and a prison labour camp.

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