"She sits on stage dressed in black, smoking an e-cigarette, her blond, curly hair flowing down from her thick knit cap. The unrelenting Maria Alyokhina, a 37-year-old activist and performance artist best-known as a member of Pussy Riot, is presenting her new book "Political Girl: Life and Fate in Russia" in Cologne as part of the literary festival lit.COLOGNE. Maria Alyokhina is one of several women who staged a protest the evening before Vladimir Putin was reelected president of Russia"
"That night, the group donned colorful clothes and masks and held a "punk prayer" before the altar of Moscow's Cathedral of Christ the Savior, calling on the Virgin Mary to "throw out" Putin. Pussy Riot's act of resistance garnered worldwide attention. The Virgin Mary didn't seem to hear their prayer, however Putin hasn't gone anywhere. The once-moderate autocrat has turned into a full-blown dictator."
"Maria Alyokhina had to flee from Russia, like tens of thousands of other young Russians, including many artists. Alyokhina now holds an Icelandic passport and leads a nomadic lifestyle in the West. Sonia Mikich, a long-time Russia correspondent for German broadcaster ARD and presenter at the book launch in Cologne, commends Maria "Mascha" Alyokhina, calling her a sort of emissary from a different Russia the "radial, absurd, artistic, free country we loved so much" and that now only lives on outside of Putin's realm."
Maria Alyokhina is a 37-year-old activist and performance artist, best known as a member of Pussy Riot. She staged a colorful masked "punk prayer" protest at Moscow's Cathedral of Christ the Savior the night before Vladimir Putin's reelection. The protest drew worldwide attention, but Putin remained in power and later became a more authoritarian leader. Alyokhina experienced arrest and worsening detention conditions, left a prison colony, and ultimately fled Russia. She now holds an Icelandic passport, leads a nomadic life in the West, and, together with Olga Borisova, compiled a detailed 500-page account of events between December 2013 and April 2022. Sonia Mikich described Alyokhina as an emissary of a different, artistic Russia that persists outside Putin's realm.
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