The court ordered Pussy Riot member Rita Flores, who was sick with coronavirus, to be returned to a special detention center after being discharged from the hospital.

The Zyuzinsky District Court of Moscow suspended the administrative arrest of Pussy Riot member Rita Flores, who was hospitalized with coronavirus, and ordered her to be returned to a special detention center after discharge for the remaining 5 days and 21 hours. This was reported by the human rights organization “Apology of Protest”.

On July 21, four police officers stopped Flores at her home and demanded that she come with them; At the department, a report was drawn up against her regarding failure to comply with their demands (Article 19.3 of the Administrative Code), and the next day the court sentenced her to 15 days of arrest.

A week after her arrest, on July 30, Flores was diagnosed with coronavirus in special detention center No. 2 and was hospitalized. The special detention center staff today asked not to read out her treatment time as a punishment.

members Since the beginning of summer , Pussy Riot have been repeatedly detained and arrested, and some have been re-arrested. Alexander Sofeev and Nika Nikulshina left Russia after two arrests in a row.