Russian conceptual artists and political activists Nadya Tolokonnikova and Masha Alekhina are founding members of the art collective Pussy Riot. In August 2012, they were sentenced to two years' imprisonment following an anti-Putin performance in Moscow Cathedral of Christ the Saviour. In March 2014, Tolokonnikova and Alekhina announced the opening of the Mordovia office of Zona Prava, their newly created prisoners’ rights NGO. In early September, they launched their independent news service, Mediazona, which focuses on courts, law enforcement, and the prison system in Russia.