Support for Maria Alyokhina and Nadezhda Tolokonnikova

[Lina Bernstein]

Dear colleagues,

We invite you to help the incarcerated members of Russian feminist punk-rock group Pussy Riot by donating to the charity organization The Voice Project, which has been collecting donations for their financial assistance and sending it to Russia  [see instructions for sending below]. As all of you know, Nadezhda Tolokonnikova and Maria Alyokhina have been serving two-year sentences in Russian penal colonies following their performance on February 21, 2012, in Moscow's Cathedral of Christ the Savior, and the ensuing trial. To ensure that they do not serve longer than “dvushechka,” as President Vladimir Putin said, requires legal assistance, which is only partly provided to them pro bono. Financial help is also needed to help with their everyday expenses and childcare.

I am in correspondence with Maria Alyokhina’s family, who have reported on how she is doing in prison, and the kind of financial assistance she needs. Her father informs me that she has legal fees for an attorney in Perm who is monitoring her treatment in prison, in addition to everyday expenses for the care packages she receives; the cost of transportation for her husband and son to visit her; and childcare for her son.

If possible, please consider donating to The Voice Project, as their initiative will help alleviate the financial burden on Maria and her family, and the similar expenses encountered by Nadezhda Tolonnikova. Also, if anyone knows of any other charities that organize help for the Pussy Riot members, please share this information with the listserv.

For Web address: it is the donate button on http://voiceproject.org/pussyriot

For PayPal email address: it is admin at voiceproject.org

For physical payments, checks should be noted in memo or an attached letter as "for Pussy Riot Support Fund" and the address is:

The Voice Project

151 First Ave, #13

New York, NY 10003

Thank you,

Lina Bernstein

Franklin&Marshall college
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