20 Feb 2014 11:02

Pussy Riot members examined by doctors, no injuries found - source

SOCHI. Feb 20 (Interfax) - Pussy Riot punk band members Nadezhda Tolokonnikova and Maria Alyokhina have been examined in a medical facility in Sochi and no injuries have been found.

"Yesterday Alyokhina and Tolokonnikova had a medical examination of their own volition in a Sochi medical facility and doctors have not found any injuries while examining them," a source in the Sochi medical circles told Interfax.

It has been reported that Alyokhina and Tolokonnikova were brought to a police station for questioning on February 18 over theft in a hotel they were staying in. Alyokhina and Tolokonnikova were involved in an incident in a Sochi port on February 19.

Police have broken up a fight, in which pepper spray was used, between Sochi residents and representatives of the Voyna (War) band, including Pussy Riot members Tolokonnikova and Alyokhina, law enforcement authorities said.