[ABC.NET.AU] Members of Russian protest punk band Pussy Riot were attacked in Sochi by Cossack militia armed with horsewhips.
The scuffles came a day after band members Nadezhda Tolokonnikova and Maria Alyokhina were detained by police in the Russian Black Sea resort for several hours in connection with a theft case.
The latest fracas over their stay in Sochi came as the International Olympic Committee (IOC) warned the girls that it would be "wholly inappropriate" to stage actions outside Winter Olympic venues.
The clash took place as Tolokonnikova, Alyokhina and one other Pussy Riot member sought to stage an action in the centre of Sochi, about 30 kilometres north of the main Olympic Park. |