Ex-Pussy Riot activist Rita Flores says Russia’s FSB forced her to inform on performance artist Pavel Krisevich. He found out from her interview and wrote to tell her she’s forgiven.

Former Pussy Riot activist Rita Flores has revealed that Russia's FSB security service forced her to act as an informant starting in early twenty twenty-three. As Meduza tells it, Flores claims she cooperated after officials threatened to kill her family, leading her to gather intelligence on political activists and artists. One target, performance artist Pavel Krisevich, says he only learned of the betrayal through Flores's interview, though he has since written to tell her he forgives her.

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