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"  Monday night, Masha Alyokhina and Nadya Tolokonnikova of feminist punk-rock group Pussy Riot appeared on The Colbert Report to talk Russia&amp;#039;s anti-gay laws before the start of the Sochi Olympics...and to recruit Colbert as the newest member of their lady-band. The women, who were arrested and imprisoned for a year for speaking out against Russian President Vladimir Putin&amp;#039;s anti-gay stance, spoke to Colbert through a translator, explaining, &amp;quot;We have different ideas about a bright future, and we don&amp;#039;t want shirtless man on horse leading it.&amp;quot; Russia&amp;#039;s laws against gays have been a hot topic leading up to the winter Olympics. Barack Obama, David Cameron, and Angela Merkel have all chosen to skip the games, many celebrities and athletes have spoken out against the country&amp;#039;s bigoted practices, and commercials have been produced to show support for gay athletes. The women argue that they were only released from prison to improve Russia&amp;#039;s image before the Olympics\u2014a PR move they say hasn&amp;#039;t worked. The two, who joked Colbert should join Pussy Riot&amp;#039;s ranks so he could help sway his &amp;quot;BFF&amp;quot; Putin, have stuck to their cause and will, it seems, continue to make their message heard. &amp;quot;Do you think many gay people will make the right decision and stop being gay?&amp;quot; Colbert asked in his most Colbert way. &amp;quot;In our experience, it just turns them on even more,&amp;quot; Tolokonnikova replied. Pussy Riot: 1, Putin: 0.      "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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