The Russian Pussy Riot Maria Aliokhina who had called to demonstrate against the arrest of the opponent Alexeï Navalny was sentenced this Friday to one year of restrictions on freedom.
A Moscow court justified this sentence by recognizing her guilty of "inciting the violation of health rules" by having broadcast in January these calls to demonstrate.
During this period, the member of the famous Russian feminist punk rock group will be prohibited from leaving her home from 10 p.m. to 6 a.m., leaving Moscow and participating in major public events, the press service of the Preobrazhensky court said on Telegram messaging.
Already condemned for having played a "punk prayer"
Several supporters of Alexeï Navalny, in particular his ally Lioubov Sobol and his spokesperson Kira Iarmych, were recently condemned to similar restrictions for not having respected "health standards" by calling for demonstrations.
As a reminder, the opponent was arrested on his return to Russia after recovering in Germany from a serious poisoning for which he holds the Kremlin responsible.
Artist Maria Aliokhina is a long-time member of Pussy Riot.
She is one of two activists in the group to have served a prison sentence for performing a "punk prayer" in the main church in Moscow in 2012.
Since the imprisonment of Alexey Navalny, the opposition and the independent press have suffered increased repression in Russia.
The main Russian opponent's organizations were qualified by the government as "extremists" in June, resulting in their liquidation and the ban on their members standing in the September elections.
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