Moscow Court Convicts Pussy Riot Members in Absentia for ‘War Fakes’

On the latest developments, a Moscow court has sentenced five members of the Russian feminist punk collective Pussy Riot to prison terms in absentia. The charges against the group include the dissemination of ‘war fakes,’ a term used to describe propaganda deemed false or misleading by the Russian authorities. Maria Alyokhina, the most high-profile member of the group, received the longest sentence of 13 years and 15 days.