MOSCOW, October 1 (RAPSI) – Pussy Riot member Nadezhda Tolokonnikova has put an end to her hunger strike, RIA Novosti reports Tuesday.

According to a statement issued by the Federal Penitentiary Service, Tolokonnikova has ended her hunger strike and has begun eating food again. The statement described her present state of health as "stable."

On September 23, Tolokonnikova declared a hunger strike, demanding the launch of an investigation into alleged threats from the prison's deputy chief to kill her. The authorities responded that Tolokonnikova had opted to go on protest and blackmail after her demands to be comfortably accommodated in prison were rejected.

In February 2012, five young women wearing brightly colored balaclavas staged a punk rock prayer in Moscow's Christ the Savior Cathedral. An edited video of their performance was posted on the Internet and caused a public outcry.

In August 2012, the Khamovnichesky District Court in Moscow sentenced Tolokonnikova and two other Pussy Riot members - Yekaterina Samutsevich and Maria Alyokhina - to two years in a prison settlement for hooliganism.

In October 2012, the Moscow City Court changed Samutsevich's verdict to a suspended sentence and released her immediately based on her new attorneys' argument that she had been seized by security guards prior to reaching the altar.

The sentences of Tolokonnikova and Alyokhina were upheld. In April 2013, the Zubova Polyana District Court in Mordovia rejected Tolokonnikova's request for parole. Alyokhina's request for parole was rejected by the Berezniki court last May.