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Photograph of Nadya Tolokno, her husband Pyotr Verzilov, her daughter Gera, and a 4th unknown person. They are in a clearing in the woods. Tolokno fills a bottle with water from a stream. Verzilov holds Gera in his lap.
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Dear Nadezhda Tolokonnikova (a letter to) #3

Хорошо, это должно быть время, чтобы утомлять вас другая древняя история фотографии . Опять же из моей бывшей танцевальной карьеры . На этот раз нет ” почти друг ” в фотографии. Это всего лишь я . С 1996 года. Оно было принято на Koninklijk консерватории в Гааге. Мы работали на кусок основанный на жизни Анны Франк .

Photo from Wikimedia Commons of Nadya Tolokno and others in a protest march on 2007-6-11. Русский: Пётр Верзилов и Надежда Толоконникова на Марше несогласных в 2007 году в Москве (2007-06-11; фото Денис Бочкарев). English: Pyotr Verzilov and Nadezhda Tolokonnikova (Dissenters' March; 2007-06-11; Denis Bochkarev).
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Nadya Tolokno Hunger Strike Begins Today

In the colony, the inmates in charge of the brigades as well as their senior members are the ones tasked with depriving fellow inmates’ rights, terrorising them, and turning them into speechless slaves — all on the orders of the administration.

Dear Nadya. Nadya Tolokno. Nadezhda Andreyevna Tolokonnikova. Наде́жда Андре́евна Толоко́нникова. Nadya Tolokno with 2 friends in a wooded area. Tolokno wears an orange top and white overalls. Her hair is up in a blue bandana. The friends smile for the camera, yet Tolokno seems more pensive.
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Dear Nadya (a letter to) #2

Dear Nadezhda,

How has your week been? My week has gone pretty well. I am back at the university now. I teach art there. I have a lot of general education “art appreciation” students. Last week we tried some painting. This week they will be doing a big photography project. I see them tomorrow. After that I will go kayaking for a while.

Illustration of Nadya Tolokno. Pussy Riot trial summer 2012.
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My Statement at My Parole Hearing

Everywhere—in schools, prisons and universities, at voting stations and sitting in front of the TV—we are taught to obey, to lie, to bite our tongues, to say “yes” when we want to say “no.” The great cause of our civilization is to foster in ourselves, our children and friends an antidote to this obedience—an obedience that eats people alive.