 On February 19 , 2014 during the second attempt to film " Putin Will Teach You to Love the Motherland " near the building of Sochi Seaport the group was beaten by uniformed Cossacks working in a security capacity for the Olympics . The same day a representative of the International Olympic Committee urged Pussy Riot not to perform at Sochi Olympic Park stating that it would be inappropriate . He also stated that the arrest of Pussy Riot in Sochi is not connected to the Olympic Games . An attorney for the band members stated they were treated at a hospital for injuries received during the attack . 
