--- title: Pussy Riot Member Detained for Staging Public Protest Against Prison Camps description: "Of course, there is always a possibility in Russia if you are a political activist to go to prison" canonical: https://time.com/3919412/pussy-riot-nadya-prison-camp-police-protest/ author: Dan Kedmey article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-06-12T19:17:43.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-04T07:58:57.244Z article:section: World og:title: Pussy Riot Member Briefly Detained in Russia Over Protest og:description: For publicly sewing the words "Prison Camp Russia" across a Russian flag og:url: https://time.com/3919412/pussy-riot-nadya-prison-camp-police-protest/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf0a6fe72a4e6bc31/6988544ce53aba064c4de261/fev_4362.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 4841 og:image:height: 2723 og:image:alt: FEV_4362 og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Pussy Riot Member Briefly Detained in Russia Over Protest twitter:description: For publicly sewing the words "Prison Camp Russia" across a Russian flag twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf0a6fe72a4e6bc31/6988544ce53aba064c4de261/fev_4362.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Pussy Riot Member Detained in Russia for Protest Over 'Sadistic' Prison Law > Sponsored content. 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Pussy Riot Speak in New York_  by [Dan Kedmey](https://time.com/author/dan-kedmey/)  ## Dan Kedmey Jun 12, 2015 7:17 PM UTC  Evgeny Feldman—Girlie Action Media  by [Dan Kedmey](https://time.com/author/dan-kedmey/)  ## Dan Kedmey Jun 12, 2015 7:17 PM UTC Pussy Riot member Nadya Tolokonnikova and a fellow activist were detained for three hours by Moscow police Friday afternoon after staging a public demonstration against the state prison system. Tolokonnikova and fellow activist Katya Nenasheva appeared in Moscow’s Bolotnaya Square, a flashpoint for opposition protests in 2012\. Both arrived wearing prison uniforms and proceeded to sew the words “Prison Camp Russia” across a Russian flag, imitating the menial labor Tolokonnikova performed during her [two year stint](http://world.time.com/2013/12/23/pussy-riot-member-released-from-prison-during-amnesty/) in a Russian prison camp. Tolokonnikova said in an interview with TIME that the demonstration was meant to protest what she termed a “sadistic” [new law](http://asozd2.duma.gov.ru/main.nsf/%28Spravka%29?OpenAgent&RN=802242-6) that would expand the punitive measures prison guards could take against convicts, including electroshock weapons. Russian authorities have [defended](http://globalvoicesonline.org/2015/06/06/russian-activist-dons-stilettos-and-dog-collar-to-protest-sadists-law/) the law as a clarification of when force can be used to prevent extreme cases of disobedience, such as prison riots, but protesters argue that it would lead to wider abuses, particularly against female convicts. “Women in prisons, they are in a very vulnerable position, because conditions of their labor and of their living in most cases is worse than conditions in male prisons,” Tolokonnikova said. Police descended on the two activists and pushed them into a waiting police van. “At first, they didn’t tell us why we had been arrested,” Tolokonnikova said. “They just told us that they’re not supposed to sew in the middle of the street.” They continued sewing in the police station, finishing their work before they were released without charges. “So we can say our action now is finished,” she said. “All we had wanted to do was done.” Tolokonnikova insisted that her recent brush with authorities would not deter her from future advocacy for prison reform. “Of course, there is always a possibility in Russia, if you are a political activist, to go to prison,” Tolokonnikova said. “If you start to think about that you do not do action. It’s better not to think.” ## Transcript >> It is my privilege and my honor ladies and gentlemen to introduce Marsha and Nadia from Pussy Riot. -( Foreign language ) >> Thank you. -( Foreign language ) >> Thank you to all of you, and thank you to Madonna. It is such an honor to be introduced by her. We were so overjoyed when she-- we heard that she'd spoken out in our support. >> Thank you to all of you who came here and to all of you who brought us letters during those two years. Those letters helped us to stay alive. -( Foreign language ) >> Thank you to Amnesty International for existing and fighting for freedom in the entire world. -( Foreign language ) >> Thank you to Voice and all those who are bold enough and scare enough to speak out against injustice and to speak the truth simply. -( Foreign language ) >> We have to remember that freedom is not a given, it is something that we have to fight for and we have to stand for every day. -( Foreign language ) >> And now, we want you to say it with us, " Russia will be free ". -" Russia will be free ". -( Foreign language ) >> Freedom to the prisoners of the 6th of May. -( Foreign language ) >> All of you can demand this freedom and this freedom will happen if each of you is not afraid to show that they care and to show that they will not stand for this. -( Foreign language ) >> We demand freedom for all political prisoners. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3919412/pussy-riot-nadya-prison-camp-police-protest/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3919412/pussy-riot-nadya-prison-camp-police-protest/"},"headline":"Pussy Riot Member Detained in Russia for Protest Over 'Sadistic' Prison Law","datePublished":"2015-06-12T19:17:43.000Z","dateModified":"2026-08-04T07:58:57.244Z","description":"For publicly sewing the words \"Prison Camp Russia\" across a Russian flag","url":"https://time.com/3919412/pussy-riot-nadya-prison-camp-police-protest/","keywords":["russia","Pussy Riot"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf0a6fe72a4e6bc31/6988544ce53aba064c4de261/fev_4362.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Dan Kedmey","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/dan-kedmey/"}],"articleSection":"World","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf0a6fe72a4e6bc31/6988544ce53aba064c4de261/fev_4362.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"FEV_4362","caption":"","creditText":"Evgeny Feldman—Girlie Action Media","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/world/","name":"World"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/russia/","name":"russia"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3919412/pussy-riot-nadya-prison-camp-police-protest/","name":"Pussy Riot Member Detained in Russia for Protest Over 'Sadistic' Prison Law"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Pussy Riot And Madonna in New York","description":"Pussy Riot Speak in New York","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/gjz9OTJT/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2014-02-06T17:18:46.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/gjz9OTJT.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/3919412/pussy-riot-nadya-prison-camp-police-protest/","duration":"PT2M46S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/3919412/pussy-riot-nadya-prison-camp-police-protest/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```