More than three months after they were freed from jail, Pussy Riot stepped up their campaign on Tuesday against Russian President Vladimir Putin.<br /><br />Two of the group’s founder members travelled to Brussels to debate recent developments in Russia and Ukraine with MEPs.<br /><br />Nadezhda Tolokonnikova said Russia had become “an unstoppable aggressor.”<br /><br />“Vladimir Putin also plans to rebuild the Iron Curtain,” she told euronews.<br /><br />“This would allow him to commit absolutely anything that he wants in Russia.<br /><br />“That’s why we are calling for addressed sanctions against corrupt officials and oligarchs close to Vladimir Putin. These sanctions should be against specific people but not against Russians as a whole.”<br /><br />Nadezhda Tolokonnikova and Maria Alyokhina said after their release on December 23rd that they would continue to protesting against human rights abuses in Russia.<br /><br />They were first jailed in August 2012 after performing a protest song in Moscow’s main cathedral.
