Nadezhda Tolokonnikova
Nadezhda Tolokonnikova, born 1989, Moscow. Charges: Article 148 part 1, Russian Criminal Code (Public insult of religious feelings); “Nadezhda Tolokonnikova's case of offence to the feelings of believers”, opened on February 1, 2023. Previously convicted under Article 213 part 2, Russian Criminal Code. Status: not in Russia. Recognition: Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners — recognised as a political prisoner, December 22, 2013; Memorial Human Rights Centre — recognised as a political prisoner, April 15, 2012.
In brief
Moscow · Moscow · Artists · Cases against "foreign agents", Cases related to mass actions
Sentence
2 years
terms: 2 yearsnOn 23 December 2013, she was granted amnesty.
Upheld October 9, 2012
Charges
- Article 148 part 1, Russian Criminal Code — Public insult of religious feelings
- Article 213 part 2, Russian Criminal Code
Full wording of the charges
Committed hooliganism motivated by religious hatred
Latest event
February 1, 2023 — criminal case opened
Nadezhda Tolokonnikova's case of offence to the feelings of believers
Recognition by rights defenders
- Recognised as a political prisoner — Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners, December 22, 2013
- Recognised as a political prisoner — Memorial Human Rights Centre, April 15, 2012
- Recognised as a prisoner of conscience — Amnesty International, April 2, 2012
- Recognised as a political prisoner — Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners
Timeline
· Criminal case opened
Nadezhda Tolokonnikova's case of offence to the feelings of believers
· Added to the register of “foreign agents”
· Persecution ends
· Imprisonment ends
· Recognised as a political prisoner
Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners
· Appeal ruling
upheld
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 2 years
· Recognised as a political prisoner
Memorial Human Rights Centre
· Recognised as a prisoner of conscience
Amnesty International
· Persecution begins
The Pussy Riot case
Criminal case
The Pussy Riot case
Other defendants in the case
- Maria Alyokhina — Not in Russia, 2 years
Thematic group: The Pussy Riot case
Nadezhda Tolokonnikova's case of offence to the feelings of believers
Details and sources
Full summary
On 21 February 2012, members of the feminist group Pussy Riot performed a so-called "punk prayer" on the pulpit of Christ the Saviour Cathedral in Moscow. The "prayer" lasted less than a minute and had no musical accompaniment, and the band members were escorted out of the church by security guards. On the same day, a video clip of Pussy Riot's song with the refrain "Mother of God, chase Putin away" with fragments of the incident in the church appeared on the Internet. A case of hate-motivated hooliganism was opened. Tolokonnikova was arrested in March 2012 and sentenced to two years in a general regime colony in August 2012. On 23 December 2013, she was amnestied and released.
In March 2023, it became known that a case of insulting the feelings of believers was brought against Tolokonnikova.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Russia
- Persecution episodes
- 2
Other people prosecuted under Article 148 part 1, Russian Criminal Code
Under the same article, not necessarily in the same case.