Nadezhda Tolokonnikova and Maria Alekhina were then detained a second time along with more than 400 others protesting a court’s sentencing of eight anti-Putin activists.
Pussy Riot members Nadezhda Tolokonnikova and Maria Alyokhina were among the approximately 200 arrested on Monday in Moscow.
Pussy Riot's Nadezhda Tolokonnikova smiles as she's surrounded by journalists and stands in front of a police line outside Zamoskvoretsky District Court.
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The protest took place in front of a court where eight people were being sentenced for their involvement in a protest against Vladimir Putin that turned violent in 2012. Seven of the eight are now facing jail time with one receiving a suspended sentence.
Nadezhda Tolokonnikova and fellow Pussy Riot member Maria Alyokhina.
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