In 2012 the Russian activist and artist was jailed for two years and sent to a penal colony. But it hasn't put her off campaigning, she says - for a better Russia, and for better conditions throughout the world After ordering her fourth cappuccino in 40 minutes, Mariya Alyokhina feels she owes an explanation. "I have a limit. No more than eight cappuccinos a day," says the rights activist and member of balaclava-wearing protest group Pussy Riot. "I used to drink more."
Pussy Riot's Mariya Alyokhina: 'Politics is not something that exists in one or another White House. It is our lives'
The Guardian - 1 Sep 2017 16:30
In 2012 the Russian activist and artist was jailed for two years and sent to a penal colony. But it hasn't put her off campaigning, she says - for a better Russia, and for better conditions throughout the world After ordering her fourth cappuccino in 40 minutes, Mariya Alyokhina feels she owes an explanation. "I have a limit. No more than eight cappuccinos a day," says the rights activist and member of balaclava-wearing protest group Pussy Riot. "I used to drink more."
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