Three women from Russian punk band Pussy Riot were sentenced to two years in jail on Friday August 17, 2012 for their protest against President Vladimir Putin in a church, an outcome supporters described as the Kremlin leader's "personal revenge".
The band's supporters burst into chants of "Shame" outside the Moscow courthouse and said the case showed Putin's refusal to tolerate dissent. The U.S. embassy in Moscow said the sentence appeared disproportionate to what the defendants did. MORE HERE
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Canadian twist in Pussy Riot case sparks call for Ottawa to intervene MORE HERE
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