Nadya Tolokonnikova

Nadya Tolokonnikova, also known by the pseudonym Tolokno, is a Russian political activist, musician, artist and film director. She has been a member of Pussy Riot since March 2011, was a member of Voina, and her music includes hardcore punk, pop and hyperpop. She studied at Moscow University's Department of Philosophy from 2006 and received the LennonOno Grant for Peace in 2012, the Hannah Arendt Prize in 2014 and an honorary doctorate from the Rhode Island School of Design in 2019. Her X account, nadyariot, had about 244,000 followers in September 2022.