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Sweden grants asylum to 2 Pussy Riot activists

By DW
02 May 2019 | 5:14 am | 2m 12s

Two members of the Russian protest group have won an appeal on their asylum claim in Sweden. The couple said they had received death threats and feared arrest if forced to return to Moscow.

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