Nadya Tolokonnikova

Russian political activist and musician · Russia · Musicians · Born 1989 · age 36

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Nadezhda Andreyevna "Nadya" Tolokonnikova is a Russian musician, conceptual artist, and political activist. She is a founding member of the feminist group Pussy Riot, and has a history of political activism with the street art group Voina.

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2023“Vladimir Vladimorovich: The Kremlin walls became your prison walls. You have already lost. You know it. That's why you are so afraid. You lost in spirit.”In their wordsApril 2023Speaking at TED: "Pussy Riot's powerful message to Vladimir Putin", April 2023Read the whole statement

2022“I think the most fascinating fact about Ukrainians, and I hear it from them, is that they’re never going to give up.”In their words27 February 2022"Pussy Riot’s Nadya Tolokonnikova: 'Fuck Putin. I Hope He Dies Soon'", by Kory Grow, Rolling Stone (27 February 2022)Read the whole statement

2019Honorary DoctorateAward2014Hannah Arendt PrizeAward2013“When we were jailed, Pussy Riot immediately became very popular and widely known, and it turned from just a group to essentially an international movement.”In their words6 February 2013Statement onstage at an Amnesty International Concert presented by the CBGB Festival at Barclays Center. (6 February 2013)Read the whole statement

2012LennonOno Grant for PeaceAwardPrisoner of ConscienceAward1989Born7 November 1989

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Tolokonnikova walking with Pyotr Verzilov (L.) in the June 2007 Dissenters' March

Tolokonnikova at a protest on February 4, 2012

Tolokonnikova at the Moscow Tagansky District Court

Tolokonnikova meeting with Ned Price and Antony Blinken of the State Department

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Nadya Tolokonnikova

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Vladimir Vladimorovich: The Kremlin walls became your prison walls. You have already lost. You know it. That's why you are so afraid. You lost in spirit.
Apr 2023, Speaking at TED: "Pussy Riot's powerful message to Vladimir Putin", April 2023, Own words
I think the most fascinating fact about Ukrainians, and I hear it from them, is that they’re never going to give up.
Feb 27, 2022, "Pussy Riot’s Nadya Tolokonnikova: 'Fuck Putin. I Hope He Dies Soon'", by Kory Grow, Rolling Stone (27 February 2022), Own words
When we were jailed, Pussy Riot immediately became very popular and widely known, and it turned from just a group to essentially an international movement.
Feb 6, 2013, Statement onstage at an Amnesty International Concert presented by the CBGB Festival at Barclays Center. (6 February 2013), Own words