Maria Alyokhina doesn't speak fluent English, but she knew the word was wrong as soon as it left her translator's mouth. The now world-renowned activist and member of Pussy Riot leaned over to the translator and in a thick Russian accent corrected him — "Bullshit."
"I'm sorry, I should call them bullshit," the translator said with a smile. "In correct translation." He had originally referred to laws enacted by Russian President Vladimir Putin as "absurdity," before Alyokhina corrected him.
Nadezhda "Nadya" Tolokonnikova, 24, joined Alyokhina, 25, on the bandmates' first visit to the U.S. since their release from Russian prison in December. The two members of the Russian punk band turned activist group spoke to reporters at Amnesty International's Manhattan headquarters Tuesday evening, a day ahead of their scheduled appearance at an Amnesty-hosted "Bringing Human Rights Home" concert at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, N.Y. Read more...
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