­Artist faces prosecution for distributing Pussy Riot ‘icons’

RUSSIA TODAY

RIA Novosti / Alexandr Kryazhev

RUSSIA -- An artist faces prosecution for placing images of members of Pussy Riot, the feminist punk band, stylized as icons in the city streets. The posters call to free the girls, who are now in detention for rushing into Moscow’s key cathedral to play. The Prosecutor’s Office has launched an administrative lawsuit against local artist Artyom Loskutov, who is charged with “violation of the law on freedom of conscience, freedom of religion and religious associations,” placing images of one of the band’s member-activists, stylized as an icon, in the city’s outdoor ad light boxes, Kommersant reports. A hearing of the case is scheduled for June 8. [link]