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Thursday 29 October 2020
Pyotr Verzilov served a 15-day jail sentence for running onto the pitch during the 15 July World Cup final.
He staged a pitch invasion during the World Cup final in July.
The four members ran onto the pitch at Moscow’s Luzniki stadium in the second half of the World Cup final between France and Croatia.
The court also condemned the country over its investigation into murdered journalist Anna Politkovskaya.
They were found guilty of “grossly violating the rules for spectators’ behaviour” and given the maximum punishment possible under the charge.
One made it to the centre circle.
Four protesters ran onto the field as France led 2-1, one making it to the centre circle.
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There are reports they’ve been spotted on the show’s set.
Protesters had gathered outside a court today to condemn the prison sentences handed down to seven people who took part in a 2012 protest against Vladimir Putin.
Everyone’s talking about GSOC (again), domestic violence and the 34th best city in the world…
The scuffles came a day after the protest punk band’s members Nadezhda Tolokonnikova and Maria Alyokhina were detained by police in the Russian Black Sea resort
The two band members were released from prison last year.
There is the lack of any serious radical political or cultural response to the current crisis in Ireland, writes Ciaran McCullagh.
Marry us Stephen Colbert.
Guess what? Traditional media no longer gets to dictate we can (or should) care about – as Panti Bliss, Pussy Riot and a host of other activists and individuals have proved, writes Lisa McInerney.
“Inane chatshow banter”. Ouch.
We’ve collected their most fed up faces.
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Nadezhda Tolokonnikova was today freed hours after Maria Alyokhina was released. The third band member, Yekaterina Samutsevich, was freed months into her sentence.
The environmentalists and the two musicians might be released as early as tomorrow.
The whereabouts of Nadezhda Tolokonnikova, jailed two years ago for her part in the performance of a protest song, had been unknown since October 22nd.
The new charge – used against the members of Pussy Riot – carries a maximum sentence of seven years in a penal colony.
New rules cause delays at motor tax offices, Global Warming is real and Gardaí continue search for Margaret Mangan.
“Without water a person dies in a few days during a hunger strike,” said 23-year-old Nadezhda Tolokonnikova.
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Nadezhda Tolokonnikova says women are forced to work 16-17 hours a day, get just four hours sleep, and endure repeated abuse at the prison camp.
Pavel Adelgeim, 75, was found dead yesterday. A man has been arrested.
Maria Alyokhina has announced an end to her hunger strike after 11 days as the prison has met her demands.
The 24-year-old is one of two members of the opposition punk band serving two years in remote prison camps over an anti-Kremlin stunt in a church last year.
Nadezhda Tolokonnikova has been transferred to hospital for a diagnostic examination.
Maria Alyokhina gives detailed account of her prison experience in Urals mountains.
Art Review magazine’s annual Power 100 list includes the Chinese and Russian dissidents in its top 100 influential figures in the art world.
Freed Pussy Riot member, Yekaterina Samutsevich denies there is a split among the trio.
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Yekaterina Samutsevich was judged not to have had an actual involvement in the “punk prayer” performance at a Moscow cathedral in March.
“It was right to arrest them… one cannot undermine the moral foundations [and] break up the country,” Putin said today.
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One of the band members has fired her lawyers in what prosecutors criticised as a “delaying tactic”.
The punk group’s lawyer said the message was a provocation to descredit people who opposed the band members’ recent prison sentences.
MEMBERS OF THE Association of Secondary Teachers in Ireland (ASTI) yesterday voted to take industrial action unless the government addresses several issues related to Covid-19 in schools by 30 October.
The issues in question include the need for a comprehensive testing programme, rapid testing and turnaround times, along with resources for schools to ensure continuation of learning if schools are closed or people are self-isolating.
The ASTI president Ann Piggott said: “ASTI members are clearly stating that they want schools to remain open for students during this pandemic.”
She said teachers are “demanding that the government step up” and provide solutions to these issues.
So, today we want to know: Would you support teachers striking over Covid-19 safety concerns?
Poll Results:
Share your story: voices@thejournal.ie
The goalposts – and polling analysis – have shifted since 2016, Noel Rock writes.
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