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Pussy Riot prison protest puts Russia's prisons under harsh scrutiny

The grim conditions of Russia's "Gulag archipelago" have been brought back to the world's attention by the hunger strike of Pussy Riot member Nadezhda Tolokonnikova, reports Roland Oliphant in Mordovia. Ms Tolokonnikova may have ended her nine-day hunger strike on Tuesday after the chairman of Vladimir Putin’s human rights watchdog negotiated an agreement between her and the federal prison service, but her protest continues. [read the full story here]

Telegraph, Thursday, October 3, 2013
Tags: Prison Conditions & Corruption, Federal
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