Madonna Introduces Pussy Riot At Amnesty International Concert

At a concert organized by Amnesty International on February 5 in New York, U.S. pop star Madonna introduced Russian activists Maria Alyokhina and Nadezhda Tolokonnikova, who spent nearly two years in prison after staging a protest at a Moscow cathedral as members of the punk-rock collective Pussy Riot. Addressing the audience through an interpreter, Alyokhina and Tolokonnikova said they wanted to see "a Russia that is free, a Russia without Putin." (Reuters)