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Pussy Riot’s Nadya Tolokonnikova Talks Power Of Cinema; Says ‘Navalny’ Doc Made Activist World Star & Welcomes Widow’s Pledge To Continue His Democracy Fight
Pussy Riot's Nadya Tolokonnikova Talks Power Of Cinema Says ‘Navalny’ Doc Made Activist World Star; Welcomes Widow’s Pledge To Continue Fight
Russian Pussy Riot Dissident Nadya Tolokonnikova has welcomed a pledge by Alexei Navalny ’s widow Yulia Navalnaya to carry on his fight for democracy, following his death in an Arctic penal colony last week. Speaking just hours after Navalnaya released a video statement vowing to continue her late husband’s political campaign, Tolokonnikova said she would be “an amazing figure to unite Russian opposition.” Tolokonnikova, who is a co-founding member of the pro-democracy artist-activist collective Pussy Riot, spent time 16 months in a women’s penal colony before escaping the country, and was placed on Russia’s most wanted criminal list in May, 2023.
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