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Pussy Riot sentence: How did it play in Russia? One day after three young members of Pussy Riot were sentenced to two years in a penal colony for profaning a Russian Orthodox altar, the controversy over what they did and how the Russian state reacted to it shows every sign of growing. Pussy Riot will not ask Putin for pardon: lawyer The three members of punk band Pussy Riot sentenced to two years in prison for performing an anti-Vladimir Putin song in Russia's top church will not ask the president for a pardon, their lawyer said Monday. Pussy Riot: 5 songs and videos that shook and polarized Russia MOSCOW - Given how world famous Pussy Riot has become, people are sometimes surprised to learn that the entire oeuvre of the women's punk band is made up of six songs and five videos. Pussy Riot won't ask Putin for pardon Lawyers for Russian punk band Pussy Riot say the group will not ask president Vladimir Putin to pardon their two-year prison sentences. Last week, band members Maria Alyokhina, Nadezhda Tolokonnikova and Yekaterina Samutsevich were found guilty of hooliganism motivated by religious hatred for performing an anti-Putin song in Russia's top church."Our clients will not ask for a pardon," defence ... Russian court imprisons Pussy Riot band members on hooliganism charges Three members of Russian female punk rock band Pussy Riot were sentenced to two years in prison Friday after they were found guilty of hooliganism for performing a song critical of President Vladimir Putin in a church. Pussy Riot Greets 2-Year Sentence With a Smile Sad smiles broke out on the faces of the three Pussy Riot musicians as the judge announced that each would be jailed for two years for singing a punk song at a Moscow cathedral. A guide to Pussy Riot's oeuvre Given how world famous Pussy Riot has become, people are sometimes surprised to learn that the entire oeuvre of the women's punk band is made up of six songs and five videos. Pussy Riot's Crime and Unfair Punishment No one disputes that the Pussy Riot musicians deserved to be punished for their "punk prayer" in Christ the Savior Cathedral in February. The young women purposely flaunted Orthodox traditions with their clothing, language and decision to perform in an area of the church regarded as sacred. Pussy Riot verdict: live report 1535 GMT: We conclude our live report for the day now, after a Moscow court convicted the three members of protest band Pussy Riot -- Nadezhda Tolokonnikova, 22, Maria Alyokhina, 24, and Yekaterina Samutsevich, 30 -- to two years in a corrective labour facility. The Communist Party's Interesting View on Pussy Riot In a piece about Pussy Riot that actually made a number of quite decent points, Nick Cohen makes a mistake that I think is pretty common in writing about Russia (emphasis added): The Soviet communists who murdered Christians, Jews and Muslims were militant atheists. They persecuted others because of their [...]
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