MOSCOW (AFP) ― Six members of Russian punk group Pussy Riot on Thursday accused their previously imprisoned bandmates of undermining the group’s ideals by appearing at a charity concert introduced by Madonna.
A letter posted on the group’s blog lashed out at Nadezhda Tolokonnikova and Maria Alyokhina for taking part in the concert organized by Amnesty International in New York on Wednesday.
Madonna introduced the women, who were dressed in tunics with crucifixes emblazoned on the front.
They delivered a furious and emotional rebuke of the regime of Russian President Vladimir Putin, chanting “Russia will be free!” to an ecstatic crowd.
But the appearance was poorly received by others in the group, which has a fluctuating membership that has never been fully revealed.
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