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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 478

Pussy Riot

Russian opposition activist Alexei Navalny gestures while speaking to a crowd during a political protest in Moscow, Russia, Saturday, July 20, 2019. (AP Photo/Pavel Golovkin)
July 31, 2019, 7:09 pm
Russian doctors say no poison detected in jailed opposition leader
Alexy Navalny, one of Putin’s most vocal critics, pushes back against claim he had an allergic reaction
By Agencies
A steward runs after two members of Pussy Riot who invaded the pitch during the final match between France and Croatia at the 2018 soccer World Cup in the Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow, Russia, July 15, 2018. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)
July 16, 2018, 12:00 pm
Pussy Riot charged in protest at World Cup final
Four activists invade pitch during France’s victory over Croatia wearing police uniforms, calling for political reform in Russia
By AP
Russian punk band Pussy Riot members Nadezhda Tolokonnikova, right, and Maria Alekhina smile during their news conference in Moscow, Russia, on Friday, Dec. 27, 2013. Tolokonnikova and Alekhina were granted amnesty on Monday, Dec. 23, two months short of their scheduled release after spending nearly two years in prison for their protest at Moscow's main cathedral. (AP Photo/Ivan Sekretarev)
April 8, 2018, 10:46 am
Pussy Riot cancels Israel show without explanation
Local promoter says ‘technical issues’ prompted band to pull out of performance; Russian punk rockers had faced pressure from boycott activists
By Michael Bachner
Israeli Shifra Kornfeld (left) and Olga Borisova of Pussy Riot, the Russian feminist punk rock band that will play Tel Aviv's Barby after appearing at the Mishkenot Sha'ananim International Writers Festival on May 8 (Courtesy Mishkenot Sha'ananim)
April 2, 2018, 5:14 pm
Russian punk rockers Pussy Riot book 2 May appearances in Israel
Two members of the collective will perform at the International Writers Festival and Barby Tel Aviv
By Jessica Steinberg
Demonstrators hold Russian and Ukrainian flags during a massive rally to oppose president Vladimir Putin's policies in Ukraine, in Moscow, Saturday, March 15, 2014. (photo credit: AP/Alexander Zemlianichenko)
March 15, 2014, 9:33 pm
Thousands march in Moscow to protest Crimea vote
Anti-government demonstrators wave Ukrainian flags in Russian capital against move to annex peninsula
By AP
Russian punk band Pussy Riot members Nadezhda Tolokonnikova, right, and Maria Alekhina smile during their news conference in Moscow, Russia, on Friday, Dec. 27, 2013. Tolokonnikova and Alekhina were granted amnesty on Monday, Dec. 23, two months short of their scheduled release after spending nearly two years in prison for their protest at Moscow's main cathedral. (AP Photo/Ivan Sekretarev)
January 1, 2014, 2:34 pm
Pussy Rioter urges: Khodorkovsky 4 prez
‘He is an incredible human being,’ says Nadezhda Tolokonnikova, ‘who was put through a more severe prison experience than we had’
By JTA
Mikhail Khodorkovsky speaks during a news conference in Berlin, Sunday, Dec. 22, 2013. (photo credit: AP Photo/Michael Sohn)
December 25, 2013, 9:11 am
Mikhail Khodorkovsky applies for Swiss visa
Freed oligarch’s sons go to school in Switzerland and he has business ties there, but claims visa not an indication of future residence
By AP
Mikhail Khodorkovsky looks from behind a glass enclosure in a court room in Moscow, Russia, Dec. 30, 2010 (photo credit: AP /Alexander Zemlianichenko Jr)
December 19, 2013, 7:28 pm
Putin to pardon jailed tycoon Khodorkovsky
President’s foe, once the country’s richest man, has spent 10 years in prison for tax evasion and embezzlement
By AP
November 28, 2012, 6:07 pm
Russia restores Cossacks to positions of power
Famed for leading anti-Jewish pogroms and close ties to the czar, the group is making a comeback with Vladimir Putin’s support
By MAX SEDDON
Russian President Vladimir Putin. (Photo credit: Alexei Nikolsky, Presidential Press Service/RIA-Novosti/AP)
November 17, 2012, 12:33 am
Putin invokes anti-Semitism while defending imprisonment of subversive rock band
In meeting with German chancellor, Russian president defends move, falsely claiming musician had been involved in anti-Jewish display
By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV
More than 6,000 young Russian-speaking Jews participated in summer camp programs offered by the Jewish Agency in the former Soviet Union. (Photo credit: Courtesy of the Jewish Agency via JTA)
October 28, 2012, 11:40 am
In Putin’s Russia, Jewish groups adopt silence as best protection
While they’ve avoided trouble so far, aid organizations fear getting swept up in growing repression
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