Pussy Riot

A member of punk band Pussy Riot has been banned from travelling to the Edinburgh Fringe by Russian authorities. Maria Alyokhina was scheduled to promote her latest book. Posting on Twitter yesterday from Moscow’s Domodevo Airport, she wrote: “the guys from the FSB border service told me that I am barred from leaving the country.” According to the Moscow Times, Alyokhina was blocked from leaving Russia allegedly for evading community service she was ordered to…