Founder Pussy Riot wants to perform in Groningen

Co-founder Maria Alyokhina of the activist Russian punk rock band Pussy Riot hopes to perform in De Oosterpoort in Groningen in January.

The Oosterpoort announced its arrival on Thursday, just as international media reports that Alyokhina is not allowed to travel to the Fringe Festival in Edinburgh. That is short on new protests that she would have heard, including against the regime in prisons, which you also find very easy to end up. According to Russian media, she can not leave because she has to do hours of punishment service.

In 2016 Alyokhina developed with music producer Alexander Cheparukhin and theater director Yury Muravitsky 'Pussy Riot Theater Riot Days', a performance that has already been played in other countries.