Russia punk band woman in solitary cell

MOSCOW (AFP) - One of the jailed members of Russia’s punk band Pussy Riot was moved out of her quarters in her prison camp after complaining of poor relations with other prisoners, the prison service said Friday. Maria Alyokhina, 24, who is serving her two-year sentence for the group’s anti-Vladimir Putin performance in Russia’s main Orthodox Cathedral, was moved to a “safe” place in the prison camp, an official with the Perm region prison service told AFP.

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