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Cyberfest, the first and only yearly festival of international media art in Russia, was founded in 2007 by artists and curators Anna Frants and Marina Koldobskaya. Since that time they have brought hundreds of international media artists to St. Petersburg, and in the process raising its internationa
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A Moscow court has ruled that four videos by punk-art-protest band Pussy Riot are "extremist," and websites hosting the videos must remove them or pay fines.
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Fears have been circulating for a while that two members of protest punk band Pussy Riot could face extremely harsh, possibly life-threatening conditions in the prisons where they're serving their two-year sentences, and those fears now appear to be confirmed.
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Yekaterina Samutsevich, the oldest member of the Russian art-punk band Pussy Riot, was released from prison today, though the other two younger members remain behind bars.
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It looks like pressure from directors, actors, and high-profile members of the film community around the world has worked: Syrian filmmaker Orwa Nyrabia, who went missing a few weeks ago, has been freed.
Books
The City University of New York’s Feminist Press has announced that they will publish an e-book on the Russian punk protest band and performance art troupe Pussy Riot entitled “Pussy Riot! A Punk Prayer for Freedom.”
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The Pussy Riot sentencing has come and gone, but there's still plenty happening in Russia as the country deals with the aftermath of the highly publicized, highly political trial that focused international attention — most of it disapproval and outrage — on the Putin government.
Opinion
The Twitterverse is full of opinions and here is just some of the most notable 140 characters or less commentary that appeared on our screens.
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The trial of feminist punk group Pussy Riot has attracted global attention and has exposed Russia's hardline against freedom of expression and dissent. Today, the trio of band members have been found guilty by a Moscow court of "hooliganism" and that they had "crudely undermined social order."
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Those who've been following the news out of Russia know that three members of feminist punk collective Pussy Riot are currently on trial for rushing the altar and playing an anti-Putin song in the Cathedral of Christ the Savior. The women called their song, which is titled "Virgin Mary, Chase Putin