Russian police shut down a Pussy Riot video shoot 

Police in Russia cited the country’s “gay propaganda” law when they shut down a music video shoot with punk band Pussy Riot in Saint Petersburg yesterday.

Pussy Riot said in a statement that police accused them of “extremism” and of “making an illegal video” and had them removed from Lenfilm studio.

The band was shooting a music video for a song called “БЕСИТ / RAGE” with 150 activists who were mostly queer or female when police turned up, Pitchfork reports.

They said that police insisted staff at the studio shut the power off to bring about an end to the shoot.

Pussy Riot said they lost $15,000 after their music video was shut down because of Russia’s ‘gay propaganda’ law.