Russia puts Pussy Riot member on international wanted list - TASS

Russian punk music group Pussy Riot, critical of the country's regime, perform during their anti-war concert tour, amid Russia's invasion of Ukraine, at Shedhalle concert hall in Berlin, Germany May 12, 2022. REUTERS/Annegret Hilse/ File Photo

MOSCOW (Reuters) - A Moscow court on Tuesday put Lyusya Shtein, a member of Pussy Riot who fled abroad, on an international wanted list for spreading knowingly "fake" information about the Russian armed forces, state news agency TASS reported.

After President Vladimir Putin ordered troops into Ukraine in February 2022, Russia has passed a series of laws which impose tough punishments on anyone who is deemed to have discredited the armed forces or spread false news about them.