Pussy Riot was declared an extremist organization by a Moscow court after a closed hearing requested by the General Prosecutor, a move that bans the collective's activities across the Russian Federation and places it on the state list of terrorists and extremists.Prosecutors cited the group's 2012 cathedral protest and a 2018 World Cup pitch invasion and the decision follows a wave of prosecutions that included September 2025 in absentia convictions of several exiled members for spreading false information about the Russian army, while some members have been labeled foreign agents.Nadya Tolokonnikova rejected the ruling and said she remains geographically anonymous for safety, Maria Alyokhina's exile and Leonid Solovyov's description of the decision as "another action that shuts up those who speak out of turn" illustrate how the measure will chill artistic dissent, complicate work with Western banks and institutions and expose supporters inside Russia to arrest for sharing songs or liking posts.