Pussy Riot's Alyokhina Released In Crimea

A leading member of the Russian punk protest band Pussy Riot, MariaA leading member of the Russian punk protest band Pussy Riot, Maria Alyokhina, has been briefly detained in Russian-occupied Crimea for the second time in two days. An RFE/RL correspondent reported that police detained Alyokhina and local activist Aleksei Yefremov in a cafe in the Crimean city of Simferopol on February 27. The move came after they were confronted by several men in traditional Cossack military uniforms who called themselves members of "Crimea's self-defense."

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