Following the rejection of an appeal made by Tolokonnikova against a previous Russian court ruling, had the punk stars early release clause denied.
According to sources, Tolokonnikova along with two other band members, she was convicted of hooliganism following Pussy Riot’s punk performance against President Vladimir Putin in Moscow’s main cathedral last year.
Sources also indicated that representatives of the penal colony where Tolokonnikova is serving her term told the court that she should not be released because she never repented. The Pussy Riot member said that she would never plead guilty because she did the right thing.
Here’s a gist of what went down previously:
On 19 October 2012, the Khamovniki District Court in Moscow rejected an appeal for deferment of sentence filed by Violetta Volkova on behalf of Tolokonnikova and Alyokhina, on the grounds that the case did not fall within its jurisdiction. Tolokonnikova subsequently filed an appeal with the Zubovo-Polyansky District Court in Mordovia, where she was imprisoned, and Alyokhina with the Berezniki District Court in Perm. Alyokhina’s appeal was rejected on January 16, 2013, the judge stating that the presence of her child was already taken into account during her original sentence.
Pussy Riot is a Russian feminist punk rock protest group based in Moscow.
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