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Just don't call them "Pussy Riot."
Russia's Pussy Riot disowns freed pairSix members of Russian punk rock collective Pussy Riot have signed an open letter insisting Maria Alyokhina and Nadezhda Tolokonnikova not be billed as members.
It said the two had forgotten about the "aspirations and ideals of our group".
The pair performed alongside Madonna at a concert in New York on Wednesday.
They were jailed for two years after singing a protest song in a Moscow cathedral in 2012 but were freed in December.
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-26067971
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