EVENT POSTPONED: An Evening With Maria Alyokhina of PUSSY RIOT
Thu 06 Nov
|St. George’s Church
Alyokhina's new book 'Political Girl' recounts her high risk life of protest against Putin and the authoritarian Russia state.
Time & Location
06 Nov 2025, 19:30
St. George’s Church, St George's Rd, Kemptown, Brighton and Hove, Brighton BN2 1ED, UK
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This event has been postponed and a new date will be announced soon. Many apologies for any inconvenience.
Join us at St George's in Kemp Town for an evening with Maria Alyokhina, the fiercely courageous member of Pussy Riot imprisoned for performing the punk prayer 'Virgin Mary, Banish Putin' in a Moscow cathedral in 2012. Her book 'Political Girl' recounts her high risk life of protest against Putin and the authoritarian Russia state.
2014: Russia prepares to host the Winter Olympics. Russia invades Crimea. Putin is re-elected president. Several political prisoners are amnestied and released early from prison.
Maria Alyokhina is among them. She had spent two years in a penal colony after performing the punk prayer ‘Virgin Mary, Banish Putin’ with her friends in the Cathedral of Christ the Saviour. They had warned the rest of the world of the dangers of authoritarianism, but…