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Russia faces international condemnation over Pussy Riot

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Russia on Saturday faced a storm of international criticism for sentencing three members of the Pussy Riot punk band to two years in prison for a political protest in an Orthodox cathedral. Speculation mounted that the women, Nadezhda Tolokonnikova, Maria Alyokhina and Yekaterina Samutsevich, could have their sentences reduced on…

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Pussy Riot members found guilty of hooliganism

Nadezhda Tolokonnikova of Pussy Riot via AFP

The three jailed members of the Russian punk band Pussy Riot have been found guilty of “hooliganism motivated by religious hatred.” According to the BBC, a Moscow judge has ruled that Maria Alyokhina, 24, Nadezhda Tolokonnikova, 22, and Yekaterina Samutsevich, 29 “crudely undermined the social order” when they stormed the…

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Pussy Riot: We’re too hungry and exhausted for trial

Members of the all-girl punk band "Pussy Riot" Nadezhda Tolokonnikova (centre), Maria Alyokhina (right) and Yekaterina Samutsevich (left) are seen in court in July. Alyokhina collapsed in court Wednesday during the band's high-profile trial for performing an anti-Putin song in a Moscow church. The group has complained about a lack of food and sleep during the trial. (AFP Photo/Natalia Kolesnikova)

Members of an all-girl punk band who performed an anti-Vladimir Putin song in the main Moscow cathedral complained Wednesday they were too hungry and exhausted to participate in the high-profile trial. On the eve of March’s presidential polls, Nadezhda Tolokonnikova, Yekaterina Samutsevich and Maria Alyokhina barged into the Church of…

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