![]() Denied bail, they were held in custody until their trial began in late July. A third member, Yekaterina Samutsevich, was arrested on March 16. On March 3, 2012, two of the group's members, Nadezhda Tolokonnikova and Maria Alyokhina, were arrested and charged with hooliganism. ![]() The women said their protest was directed at the Orthodox Church leaders' support for Putin during his election campaign. The group's actions were condemned as sacrilegious by the Orthodox clergy and eventually stopped by church security officials. The group gained global notoriety when five members of the group staged a performance inside Moscow's Cathedral of Christ the Saviour on February 21, 2012. The group's lyrical themes included feminism, LGBT rights, opposition to Russian President Vladimir Putin and his policies, and Putin's links to the leadership of the Russian Orthodox Church. ![]() The group staged unauthorized provocative guerrilla performances in public places, performances that were filmed as music videos and posted on the Internet. Founded in August 2011, it has had a variable membership of approximately 11 women ranging in age from about 20 to 33 (as of 2012 ). Pussy Riot is a Russian feminist protest punk rock and performance art group based in Moscow. ![]()
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