Both Alyokhina and another female band member were sentenced in August . The three women , who were arrested shortly after the protest act , were convicted of hooliganism . They are serving their two - year prison sentences in a penal colony far from Moscow . She has requested solitary confinement , Russia 's state news agency reported . It cites prison officials as saying she has ` ` strained relations '' with other inmates .
Both Alyokhina and another female band member were sentenced in August . They are serving their two - year prison sentences in a penal colony far from Moscow . She has requested solitary confinement , Russia 's state news agency reported . It cites prison officials as saying she has ` ` strained relations '' with other inmates .