Europe | Bigots anonymous

Bullies proclaiming “national patriarchy” harass Russian feminists

Some fear the police are abetting them

Real men don’t feel threatened by this
|MOSCOW

ANNA KUZMINYKH, a 27-year-old film director, is also a member of Pussy Riot, a punk-rock-and-performance-art group that has been protesting against Vladimir Putin’s authoritarian government for the better part of a decade. In July, along with four other members of the group, she was arrested (twice) for “disobeying police orders”.

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