IOC: Attack on Pussy Riot was ‘unsettling’

By Washington Examiner

Published February 20, 2014 7:42am ET

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IOC: Attack on Pussy Riot was ‘unsettling’ — Pussy Riot member Nadezhda Tolokonnikova in the aqua balaclava, left, interacts with an Olympic mascot while the group perform next to the Olympic rings in Sochi, Russia, on Wednesday, Feb. 19, 2014. Cossack militia attacked the punk group with horsewhips earlier in the day as the artists - who have feuded with Vladmir Putin's government for years - tried to perform under a sign advertising the Sochi Olympics. (AP Photo/David Goldman) | David Goldman

SOCHI, Russia (AP) — The International Olympic Committee says images of the attack on the Pussy Riot punk group in Sochi are “very unsettling.”

IOC spokesman Mark Adams says the governor of the Krasnodar region has apologized for the attack and is investigating.

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