What is Pussy Riot?
{{Infobox musical artist | name = Pussy Riot | image = Pussy Riot by Igor Mukhin.jpg | alt = 7 women with bright colored clothes and multicolored knit ski masks over their faces. A woman at the center holds a guitar and one at the back holds a piece of red fabric. | caption = Members of the band in January 2012 | image_size = | landscape = yes | origin = [[Moscow]], [[Russia]] | genre = {{flatlist| * [[protest music]] * [[pop music]] * [[Punk rock]] (earlier) * [[hardcore punk]] (earlier) * [[Oi!]] (earlier) }} | years_active = 2011–present | label = | associated_acts = | website = {{URL|pussy-riot.livejournal.com}} }} [[File:Pussy Riot at Lobnoye Mesto on Red Square in Moscow - Denis Bochkarev.jpg|thumb|right|Pussy Riot in [[Red Square]], [[Moscow]]]] [[File:Nadezhda Tolokonnikova (Pussy Riot) at the Moscow Tagansky District Court - Denis Bochkarev.jpg|thumb|right|Pussy Riot's Nadezhda Tolokonnikova was given two years in [[prison]], as was a second woman, Maria Alyokhina; they served 21 months in separate prisons]] '''Pussy Riot''' is a [[Russia]]n [[feminist]] [[punk rock]] [[protest]] group of eleven women. The group was formed in August 2011 in [[Moscow]]. Three members of the group (Yekaterina Samutsevich, Nadezhda Tolokonnikova, and Maria Alyokhina) were put in [[prison]] for a protest they did at a [[cathedral]] in Moscow against [[Vladimir Putin]]. Yekaterina Samutsevich was let out of prison in September 2012 after her [[appeal]] succeeded. There were protests around the world by people who thought that it was wrong for Pussy Riot members to be put in [[prison]]. Lots of famous people said that they should be released including [[Madonna]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.news.com.au/world/breaking-news/madonna-asks-for-leniency-for-pussy-riot/story-e6frfkui-1226444402499 |title=Madonna asks for leniency for Pussy Riot |access-date=2013-12-28 |archive-date=2014-01-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/2