Nadezhda TolokonnikovaFounding of the Russian art group Pussy Riot and leader of UnicornDAO
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Nadezhda Tolokonnikova is a Russian conceptual artist, political activist and convicted felon. She was a member of the anarchist feminist group Pussy Riot, and has a history of political activism with the controversial street art group Voina. On August 17, 2012, she was convicted of "hooliganism motivated by religious hatred" after a performance in Moscow Cathedral of Christ the Saviour and sentenced to two years' imprisonment. On December 23, 2013, she was released early with another Pussy Riot member Maria Alyokhina under a newly passed amnesty bill dedicated to the 20th anniversary of the Russian constitution. And She will be the director of UnicornDAO recently.