On the 21st of February, 2012, five members of the Russian protest art collective Pussy Riot burst into Moscow’s Cathedral of Christ the Saviour in balaclavas, shouting about rotten dictators and begging the Virgin Mary to incarcerate Vladimir Putin.

Nadya Tolokonnikova and Maria “Masha” Alyokhina were arrested first, followed by Yekaterina Samutsevich a few weeks later. On the 17th of August, all three members were convicted of hooliganism motivated by religious hatred, and sentenced to two years imprisonment. The remaining members escaped arrest after the protest and reportedly left Russia, fearing prosecution.