Two Members of Pussy Riot Among Group Arrested Near Sochi

Russian authorities have reportedly detained two members of the punk rock band Pussy Riot among a group of arrests near the Winter Olympics in Sochi

Reports from The Associated Press and Reuters confirmed tweets from Nadezhda Tolokonnikova and Maria Alekhina, who said they had been confronted by Russian security forces who used force and put them in vans.

(Click on the tweets to for a translation from Twitter.)

Задержаны в районе Морпорта Сочи по подозрению в уголовном преступлении.

— Надя Толокно (@tolokno) February 18, 2014

Внутри автозака pic.twitter.com/rjukMd1PW4

— Мария Алехина (@MashaAlekhina) February 18, 2014 Read more...