Gerald
11-23-12, 11:08 PM
Jailed member of Russian punk band Pussy Riot, Maria Alyokhina, has been transferred to solitary confinement because of tensions with other inmates.
She was moved to the cell of the Berezniki penal colony, east of Moscow, after refusing to join a hunger strike by other prisoners, her lawyer said.
The singer was jailed for two years in August for performing a crude anti-Kremlin song in Moscow's cathedral.
Another band member, Nadezhda Tolokonnikova is also in jail.
The court's decision to sentence the women to two years each in remote prisons in eastern Russia was widely condemned.
Alyokhina, 24, was sent to a prison colony near the city of Perm, while Tolokonnikova is serving her sentence in Mordovia.
Hard time behind bars.
Note: 23 November 2012 Last updated at 15:37 GMT
She was moved to the cell of the Berezniki penal colony, east of Moscow, after refusing to join a hunger strike by other prisoners, her lawyer said.
The singer was jailed for two years in August for performing a crude anti-Kremlin song in Moscow's cathedral.
Another band member, Nadezhda Tolokonnikova is also in jail.
The court's decision to sentence the women to two years each in remote prisons in eastern Russia was widely condemned.
Alyokhina, 24, was sent to a prison colony near the city of Perm, while Tolokonnikova is serving her sentence in Mordovia.
Hard time behind bars.
Note: 23 November 2012 Last updated at 15:37 GMT