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Pussy Riot

Max Streltsov

Published on 17/08/12

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Three mem­bers of Rus­sian punk band Pussy Riot are sen­tenced to two years in jail for hoo­ligan­ism motiv­ated by reli­gious hatred, fol­low­ing a protest against Pres­id­ent Putin in a Moscow cathed­ral. August 17, 2012

The judge said the three mem­bers of Pussy Riot had “crudely under­mined social order” and were motiv­ated by reli­gious hatred.

The women have already been in jail for over five months and were sen­tenced to two years each, start­ing from when they were first arrested.

Their law­yers said they would appeal the ver­dict and will take the case to Strasbourg’s European Court of Human Rights.

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