Two Pussy Riot members who “disappeared” after Russian security detained them, now found

It has been an anxious few days for Russian feminist agit-punk collective Pussy Riot.

Two of their members disappeared in Crimea after being detained by Russian state security.

According to a tweet by the band, Olya Borisova and Sasha Sofeev had not been seen since Monday after the FSB security agency “detained them several times" and "cops broke their phones and computers."

They were due to fly from Simferopol to Moscow on Monday night, but failed to board the plane.

Since then, Pussy Riot said, “We can not reach out to them. We don’t know what has happened to them."

Bu overnight the band in a tweeted update, confirmed, "They were detained several times but safe now.

There is still no news on why the women were taken into custody.

According to a report on Radio Free Europe, Borisova and Sofeev were arrested on Sunday (February 25) when they arrived in Crimea, which has been annexed by Russia.

They were taken to hospital for an unidentified medical check, according to Crimean lawyer Emil Kurbedinov, before being taken to a police station.

Borisova sent a message to the band of their arrest,

A third member of the balaclava-sporting 11-piece collective, Maria Alyokhina, was attacked and taken into custody on Monday.

Radio Free Europe claimed she has been released after a few hours .

Pussy Riot have provoked Russian authorities time and time again, frequently criticising President Vladimir Putin and Russia’s ruling elite.

They were arrested after protesting outside a prison in remote Siberia where Ukrainian filmmaker Oleh Sentsov is detained.

In 2012 after a “punk prayer” outside a cathedral, meant to show the close relationship between the church and the Russian government, two members were jailed for two years for “hooliganism” and “inciting religious hatred”.

Their song ‘Chaika’ claimed prosecutor general Yury Chaika’s two sons exploited his position to make money.

The band made a number of well received appearances in Australia last year.

These included appearing in a stage play described as “a punk manifesto” and in June attending the first Australian screening of their 2015 documentary Act and Punishment at Tasmania’s Dark Mofo festival, which they followed with a Q&A and a DJ set.

Maria Alyokhina was set to present a masterclass in resistance last month at the Sydney Festival.

On their first visit to the US in December, they appeared on stage in Los Angeles wearing body bags.