Nadya Tolokonnikova, 29, is a Russian singer, conceptual artist, political activist and a founder of the punk rock group Pussy Riot. She served two years in a prison labor camp for performing an illegal protest concert in Moscow in 2012. Her book “Read & Riot” was released in the fall.
Washington Post: Pussy Riot’s Nadya Tolokonnikova reflects on the roots of her rebellion
Nadezhda Tolokonnikova, a member of female Russian punk band Pussy Riot, shows her hand cuffs inside a defendants cage in a Moscow court, on July 4, 2012, during the hearings on the Pussy Riot case.
