Pussy Riot member Lucia Stein is said to have left Russia. It will be reported on the Telegram account “We can explain”, according to the independent Russian news media The Insider.
– I was tired of the oppression of me about my loved ones. I had really decided to live with it, but on February 24 everything changed. After the war started, it became mentally difficult for me to be in Moscow where it feels like you are about to get a swastika on your forehead, says Stein, according to the media.
Pussy Riot is a well-known punk band and activist group in Russia, which has been very critical of Putin’s regime.
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Risks imprisonment
At the same time, another Pussy Riot member, Maria Aljokhina, risks being imprisoned in Russia. Since the beginning of February this year, the activist has been remanded in custody three times, where she was arrested for 15 days, according to the magazine.
Aljokhina was arrested at his home in Moscow earlier in February.
Alyokhina was sentenced in September last year to one year in prison for encouraging people to take part in a demonstration in support of imprisoned Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny.
