Members of the band Pussy Riot were sentenced to jail for 2 years by Vladimir Putin for speaking out against him. The charges were, "hooliganism motivated by religious hatred",
Pussy Riot's Nadya Tolokonnikova, writer Masha Gessen and activist Hunter Heaney on the rise of America's autocrat https://t.co/7Ux4NEqgYQ— Salon (@Salon) January 9, 2017