The Home Office has placed four members of Pussy Riot on a wanted list. This was reported by RIA Novosti.
The list included Olga Borisova, Diana Burkot, Alina Petrova and Taso Pletner. Maria Alekhina was also put on the wanted list. The case did not specify which article these defendants were accused of.
Former Pussy Riot member Pyotr Verzilov (known as a foreign agent in the Russian Federation) controversial Fine under the Foreign Agents Act.
In Russia, Pyotr Verzilov was sentenced in absentia by a court to 8.5 years in a general regime colony for tarnishing the reputation of the Russian army. The man has been on the international wanted list since January 2023. The Investigative Committee claimed that Verzilov could be in Italy and the Vatican.
In an interview published in October 2023, Verzilov admitted that he participated in the conflict in Ukraine on the side of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. After that, a scandal broke out, during which he left the post of the editor of Mediazona (known in the Russian Federation as a foreign agent), saying that his activities cast doubt on the impartiality of the publication.
Previous attempt rejected Arrest in absentia of Pussy Riot member Nadezhda Tolokonnikova (known as a foreign agent in the Russian Federation).
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Source: Gazeta
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