US and Russian diplomats spar over Pussy Riot

degrees of success. On Tuesday night's Report, however, Colbert met his quick-witted match in Pussy Riot, the punk band whose members were imprisoned, then released, for insulting Russian President Vladmir Putin.

Maria Alyokhina, left, and Nadezhda Tolokonnikova of Russian punk protest group Pussy Riot speak onstage at the Amnesty International Concert presented by the CBGB Festival at the Barclays Center Feb. 5, 2014, in New York City. AFP/Getty Images.

Social rights have become a major talking point at the Winter Games in Sochi and one Russian snowboarder decided to make his own statement. Alexey Sobolev took part in the slopestyle qualifying on Thursday and as he waited for his scores, he turned the 

(CNN) — The U.S. and Russian ambassadors to the United Nations have exchanged a flurry of Twitter posts about the controversial punk rock band Pussy Riot. Meanwhile, Russian media suggested a Russian athlete in the Sochi Games may have been 

Maria Alyokhina, left, and Nadezhda Tolokonnikova of Russian punk protest group Pussy Riot speak onstage at the Amnesty International Concert presented by the CBGB Festival at the Barclays Center Feb. 5, 2014, in New York City. AFP/Getty Images.