Russian feminist punk band Pussy Riot go on hunger strike Three members of the punk band Pussy Riot charged with hooliganism after singing an anti-Vladimir Putin song in a Russian church have gone on hunger strike after what one said was an "unlawful" court ruling. Nadezhda Tolokonnikova, Yekaterina Samutsevich and Maria Alekhina swore off food after a Moscow court ruled that their defence team had only five more days to study case materials.