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Pussy Riot pitch invaders arrested again soon after release

News Desk (The Jakarta Post)
Moscow, Russia
Tue, July 31, 2018

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Pussy Riot pitch invaders arrested again soon after release A protestor high-fives France forward Kylian Mbappe (left) on the soccer pitch during the Russia 2018 World Cup final between France and Croatia at the Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow on July 15. (Agence France Presse/Adrian Dennis)

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hree members of Russian protest group Pussy Riot have been arrested again soon after they were released from jail for disrupting the World Cup 2018 final in Moscow.

Pyotr Verzilov, Nika Nikulshina, Olga Kurachyova and Olga Pakhtusova were jailed for 15 days earlier this month for storming the pitch during the final match between France and Croatia.

Russian Authorities said they had violated the rules for spectators at sporting events and had worn police uniforms illegally.

In a statement delivered on social media platform Twitter, Pussy Riot said that, "after 15 days of arrest our girls ended up in the police station till the morning".

"All 4 members of pussy riot who participated in the world cup action and spent 15 days in jail are arrested AGAIN right after their release," the group said.

Pussy Riot said the pitch invasion was to protest human rights violations which took place under the leadership of Russian President Vladimir Putin.

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