At a bizarre news conference in Sochi , Pussy Riot released a video critical of Vladimir Putin . The video features # ##s of band members being attacked by Cossacks . Outside , uniformed police and security officers in civilian clothes awaited the arrival of the band , alongside several dozen journalists . Man in giant bird costume was part of fowl - themed group attempting to disrupt event . On Tuesday , police in Moscow detained members of the dissident group .
At a bizarre news conference in Sochi , Pussy Riot released a video critical of Vladimir Putin . The video features # ##s of band members being attacked by Cossacks . Man in giant bird costume was part of fowl - themed group attempting to disrupt event . On Tuesday , police in Moscow detained members of the dissident group .