Pussy Riot, the all-female Russian punk-rock protest group, is a thorn in Vladimir Putin’s side. But their visage of feminist rebellion against Russia’s oppressive, male-dominated oligarchy, is a sharp contrast to their counterpart, Mariia Butina, the fetching Russian spy. The contrast was brought into sharp focus this week with Butina’s arrest for acting as a clandestine intermediary between the Kremlin and American officials, most notably those with the shadowy National Rifle Association (NRA).
Tale of Russian Women: Pussy Riot Bedevils Putin; Mariia Butina Is His Red Sparrow
Tags:Anna Chapman, CULTURE, Donald Trump, Helsinki, Mariia Butina, Nadya Tolokonnikova, National Rifle Association, NRA, Politics, Pussy Riot, Russia, Russian Spies, Vladimir Putin
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