Russia lists member of dissident women’s punk group as wanted criminal

Russian authorities have placed a member of the Pussy Riot punk group on a wanted list for criminal suspects as the Kremlin acts to crack down on political dissent.

Russian news outlet MediaZona on Wednesday discovered an entry for Nadezhda Tolokonnikova in the Russian Interior Ministry’s database of wanted persons. The entry, also reviewed by The Associated Press, said Tolokonnikova was facing criminal charges, but did not specify what those charges were.

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Tolokonnikova is widely known for participating in the 2012 Pussy Riot protests inside Moscow’s Christ the Saviour’s Cathedral. He spent almost two years in jail.

A member of Pussy Riot, a prominent feminist punk group in Russia, has been placed on a nationwide list of wanted criminals.

Earlier this month Russia’s top human rights lawyer, Pavel Chikov, said a criminal case had been opened against Tolokonnikova on charges of hurting the feelings of religious believers, which became a criminal offense in Russia after the 2012 Pussy Riot protests. I went.

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Tolokonnikova has left Russia. In 2021, the Russian government designated him as a “foreign agent”, a label that brings additional government scrutiny and can discredit recipients.

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Russian authorities have applied the designation to independent media outlets and opposition activists.