Maria Alyokhina

Overview

Maria Alyokhina born Moscow June 6, 1988. Russian journalist; member of punk protest collective Pussy Riot. Charged with “hooliganism,” arrested and sentenced to two years in prison for performance protest in Moscow cathedral, 2012. Protested Crimea invasion, 2014.

Quotations

"All you can deprive me of is 'so-called' freedom. This is the only kind that exists in Russia. But nobody can take away my inner freedom." (thewildmagazine, Aug. 17, 2012)