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Cossacks Clash With Pussy Riot Members in Sochi

Cossack paramilitaries have attacked members of the Russian punk rock group Pussy Riot as the band tried to perform in Sochi under a sign promoting the 2014 Games.Footage shot by A-P Television shows Cossacks using horsewhips and spray against band members and violently pulling ski masks from their heads.Two of the band members in the footage are Nadezhda Tolokonnikova and Maria Alyokhina, both vocal critics of the government of Russian President Vladimir Putin.Police arrived and questioned...


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