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Pussy Riot
Max Streltsov
Published on 17/08/12
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.