Nadezhda Tolokonnikova, Date of Birth, Place of Birth
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Russian political activist and musician
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Place of Birth: Norilsk, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia
About Nadezhda Tolokonnikova
- Nadezhda Andreyevna Tolokonnikova (Russian: ????´??? ?????´???? ??????´???????, IPA: [n?'d?e?d? t?l?'kon???k?v?]; born 7 November 1987), nicknamed "Nadya Tolokno" (???? ???????), is a Russian conceptual artist and political activist.
- She was a member of the anarchist feminist group Pussy Riot, and has a history of political activism with the controversial street art group Voina.
- On 17 August 2012, she was convicted of "hooliganism motivated by religious hatred" after a performance in Moscow Cathedral of Christ the Saviour and sentenced to two years' imprisonment.
- On 23 December 2013, she was released early with another Pussy Riot member Maria Alyokhina under a newly passed amnesty bill dedicated to the 20th anniversary of the Russian constitution.Tolokonnikova was recognized as a political prisoner by the Russian human rights group Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners.
- Amnesty International named her a prisoner of conscience due to "the severity of the response of the Russian authorities".
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