The Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia has put Nadia Talakonnikova, the co-founder of the Russian feminist protest and performance group Pussy Riot, on the wanted list, reports the independent publication Mediazona. informed Wednesday.
Although the ministry did not specify what criminal offense prompted the move, earlier this year Russian authorities opened an investigation against Tolakonnikova for “insulting the religious feelings of believers,” which is now punishable.
The reason for initiating a criminal case against Talakonnikova was her post on social networks, which allegedly expressed “obvious disrespect for society” and demonstrated actions “committed with the aim of insulting the religious feelings of believers”, according to the report. received Russian RBC business daily.
Tolakonnikova was arrested on hooliganism charges along with fellow Pussy Riot members Maria Alyokhina and Ekaterina Samutsevich in March 2012 after organizing an impromptu performance in Moscow’s Church of Christ the Savior as a protest against Russian President Vladimir Putin.
She was later sentenced to two years in prison, but was released under a general amnesty in December 2013.
Tolakonnikova, who now lives outside Russia, was added to the Russian list of so-called “foreign agents” in December 2021.
