Nadezhda Tolokonnikova

Russian court denies parole to Pussy Riot punk

Agence France-PresseApril 26, 2013 13:01

A Russian court ruled to keep Pussy Riot punk Nadezhda Tolokonnikova in jail on Friday, denying her request for parole from her two-year sentence for the band's performance against President Vladimir Putin last year. Judge Lidiya Yakovleva sided with prison officials, who said that 23-year-old Tolokonnikova does not deserve parole because she has not repented for her actions and has had reprimands while serving out her two-year term in a prison colony in Mordovia.

Jailed Pussy Riot singer hospitalised with headache, fatigue

Agence France-PresseFebruary 1, 2013 08:30

One of the jailed members of the Pussy Riot punk band, Nadezhda Tolokonnikova, has been hospitalised with headaches and fatigue, the Russian prisons service and her supporters said on Friday. Tolokonnikova "was transferred to hospital for a diagnostic examination based on her own and her lawyer's wishes," the spokeswoman told AFP. The 23-year-old activist has been suffering from headaches for at least a year, said her lawyer, while a fellow band member added Tolokonnikova had complained of overwork in her labour camp.

Jailed Pussy Riot member taken to hospital

Agence France-PresseFebruary 1, 2013 05:46

One of the jailed members of the Pussy Riot rock group, Nadezhda Tolokonnikova, has been taken to hospital for tests, a spokeswoman for the Russian prisons service said on Friday. Tolokonnikova "was transferred to hospital for a diagnostic examination based on her own and her lawyer's wishes," the spokeswoman told AFP without giving further details. The activist is serving a two-year sentence at a prison camp in the Mordovia region in central Russia for staging an anti-Vladimir Putin performance last year in a Moscow church.

Jailed Pussy Riot member suffering headaches, fatigue-bandmate

Thomson ReutersFebruary 1, 2013 02:47

* Bandmate says Russian prisoner exhausted from overwork * Says Tolokonnikova moved to prison with hospital * Had been "working round the clock," bandmate says By Steve Gutterman MOSCOW, Feb 1 (Reuters) - One of the jailed members of Russian punk protest collective Pussy Riot has been moved to a prison with a hospital after suffering headaches and fatigue, her bandmate said in remarks broadcast on Friday.