The Moscow City Court overturned the decision of the Babushkinsky District Court and arrested Pussy Riot member Nadezhda Tolokonnikova in absentia in the case of insulting the feelings of believers (Part 1 of Article 148 of the Criminal Code). Interfax reports this with reference to the press service of the court.
In March it became known that a criminal case had been opened against the Pussy Riot member, and she was also put on the wanted list. The reason for this was Tolokonnikova’s publications on social networks. Which ones exactly are unknown.
On November 1, the Babushkinsky court refused to arrest the activist in absentia.
In August 2012, Tolokonnikova and two other members of Pussy Riot — Maria Alekhina and Ekaterina Samutsevich — were sentenced to two years in prison in the case of a “punk prayer” in the Cathedral of Christ the Savior. They served 1 year and 10 months and were released in December 2013 under an amnesty.
While serving their sentence, Tolokonnikova wrote about massive overtime in Mordovian penal colony No. 14. As a result, the head of the colony was given a suspended sentence for forcing prisoners to work overtime at night in a garment factory.
“Each unit had to catch two cats at a time, and he took them in bags to the stoker and burned them alive.” The investigation into the case of the head of penal colony 14, where Nadezhda Tolokonnikova was imprisoned, has been completed