Russian feminist punk band Pussy Riot endorses Bernie Sanders for president

A Russian punk rock band known for its protests has endorsed Bernie Sanders for president.

Pussy Riot is a high-profile group of Russian feminists who initially found fame after being detained for their “punk prayer” protest against Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow’s Cathedral of Christ the Savior. They also disrupted the 2018 World Cup final between France and Croatia and were beaten by Russian Cossack militia members for demonstrating at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi.

This isn’t the first time members of the band have waded into U.S. political waters. In 2016, Nadya Tolokonnikova threw her support behind Bernie Sanders telling Rolling Stone, “I want to ask all people who … couldn’t decide anything to go and vote for Bernie.” Members of the group also visited Bernie Sanders’s campaign office and donned a Bernie for president T-shirt.

Over the past decade, the group has relentlessly protested the Kremlin, and Pussy Riot member Maria Alyokhina went on a hunger strike during her imprisonment for participating in the “punk prayer” protest. Members have called for improved policing and less corruption in Russia.