Pussy Riot is a feminist-activist art collective “rooted in punk, humour, poetry, and pure rage.” Formed in Moscow in 2011, they “are famous for their spontaneous and courageous actions challenging the Russian regime...Recurrent themes in Pussy Riot’s feminist, anti-Putin practice include freedom of expression, human rights, LGBTQ+ rights, and the release of political prisoners, while recent actions and works feature anti-war statements and support for Ukraine...From the perspective of cultural history, the work of Pussy Riot is rooted in Dadaism and Fluxus and in a broader sense in the political art of 20th-century actionism, while taking the methods of happening and performance art to the extreme in the unprotected environment of public spaces.”