Police had announced last week
that they were searching for additional members of the group after
Nadezhda Tolokonnikova, Maria Alyokhina and Yekaterina Samutsevich were sentenced
to two years in prison on "hooliganism" charges for their anti-Putin
"Punk Prayer" protest at Moscow's Christ the Saviour Cathedral. The two
women now on the run had also participated in the performance.
"In regard to the pursuit, two of our members have successfully fled
the country! They are recruiting foreign feminists to prepare new
actions!" a Twitter message from the Pussy Riot account said. "Since the Moscow police said they are searching for them, they will
keep a low profile for now," Pyotr Verzilov, the husband of Nadezhda
Tolokonnikova, told Reuters. "They are in a safe place beyond the reach
of the Russian police."
Verzilov also noted that an additional 12 to 14 members of the group
still remain active in Russia. "It's a big collective," he said.
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Posted 08/2012
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