Kjartansson, Ragnar
How Maria Alyokhina of Pussy Riot Escaped From Russia
VILNIUS, Lithuania — Maria V. Alyokhina first came to the attention of the Russian authorities — and the world — when her punk band and performance art group Pussy Riot staged a protest against President Vladimir V. Putin in Moscow’s Christ the Savior Cathedral. For that act of rebellion in 2012, she was sentenced to […]
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Russian Artists Speak Out Against War, but Fear Reprisals
The young Russian artists Kirill Savchenkov and Alexandra Sukhareva were set to represent Russia in April at the Venice Biennale, the art-world jamboree that can turn little-known artists into global stars. Now, that potentially glittering future seems to have vanished. On Sunday, the pair withdrew from the event, posting a short statement on Instagram and […]
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