Two members of the Russian feminist punk band Pussy Riot have reportedly been detained by police after a protest outside a Siberian prison colony. Maria Alyokhina and Olga Borisova had staged a protest in Yakutsk, Siberia, where a Ukrainian filmmaker is currently imprisoned. A few hours later, Borisova also posted on her social media channels that the pair had been released. Protest: Alyokhina and Borisova are seen holding flares and a 'Free Sentsov' banner on the bridge nearby outside the prison colony in Yakutsk, Russia.
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