24-year-old Maria Alyokhina, will serve her term in Perm, while 22-year-old Nadezhda Tolokonnikova has been sent to Mordovia.
“These are the harshest camps of all the possible choices,” said Pussy Riot via Twitter.
The two members of Pussy Riot were convicted of hooliganism and religious hatred after performing an anti-Putin song in Moscow’s cathedral early this year.
Freedom fighters the world over have picked up on the case, it’s raised serious concerns about freedom of speech in Russia.
The third member of the group, Yekaterina Samutsevich, was released this month. A decision thought to give the illusion of mercy from Russia’s legal and political representatives.
The women have children in Moscow, they petitioned to serve their sentences here so they could be close to them.
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