Members of the Russian punk group Pussy Riot (top) , and (below) morning inspection at a women's prison in Sarapul, central Russia where members of the band are serving time. Source: AP
THE EMBATTLED members of Russian politico punk band Pussy Riot have vowed to continue their campaign to oust Vladimir Putin.
Lesley Stahl of 60 Minutes in America interviewed both the drummer Kot, who is in hiding after band members were arrested for their protest in a Moscow cathedral last year, and Katya Samutsevich who was freed on appeal in October.
Two members remain in Russian labour camps for the protest during which the band played an anti-Putin song to bring attention to the Russian Orthodox Church's support of the leader in the lead-up to elections.
They have since claimed the elections were rigged to return Putin to power.
The drummer was disguised by a mask and said what had happened to the band after their "unsanctioned protest prayer" was unacceptable.
Feminist punk group Pussy Riot members, from left, Nadezhda Tolokonnikova, Maria Alekhina and Yekaterina Samutsevich sit in a glass cage during their trial in Moscow.
"I'm here to say you shouldn't give up," the woman identified as Kot said.
The freed Samutsevich said she had no regrets about the actions of the group in March last year which resulted in two-year sentences in harsh conditions for bandmates Maria Alyokhina and Nadezhda Tolokonnikova.
"No, of course not. Look what's happened. Since the election, Putin has brought in a new level of repressive government measures in Russia," she said.
Madonna and South Park are among the cultural icons who have publicly called for the release of the jailed musicians.
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