A member of punk Russian political protest group Pussy Riot announced their support today for a boycott of the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics in wake of the country’s violently repressive anti-gay laws.

Speaking to The Independent, Ekaterina Samutsevich, one of three members of the feminist collective imprisoned in Russia over a previous protest, reportedly views a protest of the Games as the most feasible response to the country’s crackdown on lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) citizens. Samutsevich, who is now the one of the three out of prison, told reporters:

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BY KRISTINA CHEW
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The Russian police have been hunting for other members of Pussy Riot, the feminist punk band three of whose members have been sentenced to two years in a prison colony after being convicted on charges of “hooliganism” motivated by religious hatred. The BBC reports that, according to the band’s Twitter account, two members of the feminist collective have fled Russia: “In regard to the pursuit, two of our members have successfully fled the country! They are recruiting foreign feminists to prepare new actions!”

Along with jailed Pussy Riot members Maria Alyokhina, Yekaterina Samutsevich and Nadezhda Tolokonnikova, the two women who have fled Russia were among those who participated in a “punk prayer” at Moscow’s Christ the Saviour Cathedral in February.

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