Five members of the Pussy Riot group were beaten by Cossacks patrolling Sochi while trying to perform a song called 'Putin will teach us to love the motherland' under one of the advertising signs.
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Among the members attacked were Maria Alyokhina and Nadezhda Tolokonnikova. Tolokonnikova tweeted afterwards 'My back hurts from whips, body bruises and whip marks on my temple - cuts and bruises. I was lying in a hospital koyke. Putin will teach us to love the homeland.'
Cossacks are not police but rather enforcers employed to keep order in the region.
additional info via: Newstalk
