Orthodox activists interfered with pickets in support of Pussy Riot

On March 8, 2013, pickets were held in Moscow in support of the rights women and in defense of members of the Pussy Riot group. Orthodox activists interfered with their holding.

Several single pickets in defense of "Pussy Riot" took place before building of the Ministry of Justice. A group of Orthodox led by Dmitry Tsorionov (Enteo) began to read aloud excerpts to the picketers from the Bible.

Several Orthodox activists were pelted with eggs participants in a rally for women's rights, organized by the Yabloko party. Police did not stop the Orthodox.

Sources

• Single pickets in support of members of the punk band Pussy Riot Nadezhda Tolokonnikova and Maria Alyokhina, which are taking place today in the center of Moscow, did not go without arrests // Echo of Moscow. 2013. March 8.
• Rally in defense of women's rights dispersed in Russia // InoPressa. March 11, 2013