On February 21st 2012, five members of the Russian feminist punk collective Pussy Riot staged a performance in the Cathedral of Christ the Saviour in Moscow. Dressed in brightly coloured tights and balaclavas, they performed their punk prayer, asking the Virgin Mary to drive out Russian president Vladimir Putin from the church. After just 40 seconds, they were chased out by security. Three members of the collective, Maria Alyokhina, Nadezhda Tolokonnikova and Yekaterina Samutsevich, known as Masha, Nadya, and Katya, were later arrested and charged with felony hooliganism motivated by religious hatred. As their trial unfolded, these young women became global feminist icons, garnering the attention and support of activists and artists around the world. PUSSY RIOT! is an essential document of this galvanizing historical moment. It includes letters from prison, courtroom statements, defense attorney closing arguments, poems, the infamous punk prayer and tributes by Yoko Ono, Bianca Jagger, Johanna Fateman, Karen Finley, Justin Vivian Bond, Eileen Myles and JD Samson.