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Punk Band Pussy Riot Takes On Big Oil

Russia’s dissident punk band Pussy Riot has released a new protest video criticizing big oil companies and President Putin. Marco Werman speaks with journalist Masha Gessen, who recently spent four hours visiting a leading member of the group in prison.

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Russian journalist Masha Gessen talks with anchor Marco Werman about the provocative new music video by the dissident band Pussy Riot. Gessen recently spent four hours visiting a leading band member, Nadezhda Tolokonnikova, in a Russian prison.

“They put us in a tiny room. There was an inspector present at all time as she was actually physically sitting between us,” Gessen says.

Pussy Riot, according to Gessen, continues to hone in on issues central to Russian President Vladimir Putin’s grip on power.

“They are, I think, possibly the most incisive political commentators in Russia today. And I say this in all seriousness,” Gessen says.

Below is the new video that Pussy Riot has just released, its first in the last year.