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Nadezhda Tolokonnikova

Nadezhda Andreyevna Tolokonnikova (Russian: Наде́жда Андре́евна Толоко́нникова, IPA: [nɐˈdʲeʐdə təlɐˈkonʲːɪkəvə]; born November 7, 1989), nicknamed "Nadya Tolokno" (Надя Толокно), is a Russian conceptual artist and political activist. She was a member of the Anarchist Feminist group Pussy Riot, and has a history of political activism with the controversial street art group Voina. On August 17, 2012, she was convicted of "hooliganism motivated by religious hatred" after a performance in Moscow Cathedral of Christ the Saviour and sentenced to two years' imprisonment. On December 23, 2013, she was released early with another Pussy Riot member Maria Alyokhina under a newly passed amnesty bill dedicated to the 20th anniversary of the Russian constitution.

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The incomprehensible pleases us, the inexplicable is our friend.

Friend, Incomprehensible, Inexplicable, Please, Pleases

There are areas of official life in the United States that are similar to Russia. For example: disbursement of protest, and the way American prisons are run, which is pretty tough.

Disbursement, Prisons, Protest, Running, Russia, United States

The Olympics create a space for the complete destruction of human rights in Russia.

Create, Human, Rights, Russia, Space

I also dreamt about finally meeting the leftist Slovenian philosopher Slavoj Žižek. He is a great role model for me.

Model, Philosopher, Role, Role Models, Roles

Mordovian prisoners are afraid of their own shadows. They are completely terrified.

Completely, Prisoner, Prisoners, Shadow, Shadows, Terrified

We see pluralism: We can see that there are different ideological and political positions in Russia. If the authoritarianism finally ends, we will have real competition.

Real, Russia, Political, Pluralism, Authoritarianism

I support equality. Everyone should feel free to live out the parts of their personality that correspond to the classic male or female image.

Classic, Correspond, Image, Males, Personality, Support

Listen to us rather than to Arkady Mamontov talking about us. Don't twist and distort everything we say. Let us enter into dialogue and contact with the country, which is ours too, not just Putin's and the Patriarch's. Like Solzhenitsyn, I believe that in the end, words will crush concrete. Solzhenitsyn wrote, "the word is more sincere than concrete, so words are not trifles. Once noble people mobilize, their words will crush concrete. "

Believe, Country, Crush, Enter, Trifles, Words

I believe in fate. And in the depths of my soul, I am an Orthodox Christian. I think the New Testament is especially important. What Jesus and his disciples preached and did was a great thing.

Believe, Christian, Fate, Jesus, Preached

We are reviled but we do not intend to speak evil in return. We are in desperate straits but do not despair. We are persecuted but not forsaken. It’s easy to humiliate and crush people who are open, but when I am weak, then I am strong.

Crush, Strong, People, Open, Humiliate

When I am weak, then I am strong.

I Am Strong, Strong, Weak

I was treated better than others, simply because there was so much public attention. In my case, they did adhere to the eight-hour workday required by law. The other women were often forced to slave away for up to 16 hours a day.

Attention, Eight, Forced, Law, Treated

Every woman with a career has to make sacrifices when it comes to her children. It's no different with me, as a political activist, than with businesswomen, of which there are thankfully more and more in Russia. Or a female cabinet minister.

Cabinet, Children, Minister, Russia, Sacrifice

If I am a sex symbol, it's certainly not in the classic sense. I'm opposed to the traditional image of a woman's role.

Classic, Role, Roles, Sex, Traditional

Thus, the word is more essential than cement. Thus, the word is not a small nothing. In this manner, noble people begin to grow, and their word will break cement.

People, Essentials, Noble, Begin, Small

I gained an inner peace, the serenity of a prisoner, so to speak.

Inner, Inner Peace, Peace, Serenity, Speak

Men should also pay attention to their appearance and occasionally use cosmetics.

Attention, Men, Occasionally, Pay, Use