Lawyers Feigin, Polozov and Volkova withdrew from the Pussy Riot case: “The authorities are taking it out on our clients.”
Lawyers terminated the contract with Nadezhda Tolokonnikova and Maria Alyokhina, convicted in the Pussy Riot case, “according to a pre-agreed scenario.” “We felt that at this stage it would be better to change the composition of the lawyer team. It was a jointly agreed initiative of girls and lawyers, ”Peter Verzilov, the husband of Nadezhda Tolokonnikova, explained to Novaya Gazeta.