The Authorities Lost in the Case of “Pussy Riot”
Lesson Brief
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Despite main members of the opposition group "Pussy Riot" spending significant time in jail in Russia, human rights activist Valery Borshchev thinks that the government has lost in the fight against Pussy Riot. He believes that human rights activists like Nadezhda Tolokonnikova and Maria Alekhina have deep support from many members of society, both in Russia and abroad, and that is one of the reasons that the pair continues to be inspired and do their work.
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