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Published time: August 17, 2012 11:28
Edited time: August 17, 2012 18:02
Monuments across Moscow have been “masked” in support of the Pussy Riot members (Image from Lenta.ru)

Monuments across Moscow have been “masked” in support of the Pussy Riot members. The court has sentenced the three girls to two years in jail.

­Supporters of Nadezhda Tolokonnikova, Maria Alehina and Ekaterina Samutsevich have put colored masks on several monuments in central Moscow.

Among the adorned monuments are the one to poet Aleksandr Pushkin, scientist and writer Mikhail Lomonosov, and the monument to the great Kazakh poet, composer and philosopher Abay Qunanbayuli.

Members of the band stormed into Moscow’s biggest cathedral in February and sang what is described as a ‘punk prayer’ at the altar. The girls were arrested soon after, and have been kept imprisoned ever since.

The three have pled not guilty to the charges, saying their performance was a protest against the unification of church and state authority.

Should they be convicted all three could face up to seven years in prison, although the State Prosecutors have asked for only a three year sentence.

A Moscow court has sentenced three members of Pussy Riot to two years in prison for hooliganism motivated by religious hatred and enmity.

­The Judge said they showed flagrant disregard for the church parishioners and the fundamentals of the Orthodox faith.

Belarusian Partisans sculpture at Moscow Belorusskaya metro station <a href="http://lenta.ru/photo/2012/08/17/balaclava/">Image from Lenta.ru</a>
Belarusian Partisans sculpture at Moscow Belorusskaya metro station Image from Lenta.ru
Belarusian Partisans sculpture at Moscow Belorusskaya metro station <a href="http://lenta.ru/photo/2012/08/17/balaclava/">Image from Lenta.ru</a>
Belarusian Partisans sculpture at Moscow Belorusskaya metro station Image from Lenta.ru
Monument to Russian poet Aleksandr Pushkin and his wife Natalya Goncharova at Moscow’s Old Arbat street <a href="http://lenta.ru/photo/2012/08/17/balaclava/">Image from Lenta.ru</a>
Monument to Russian poet Aleksandr Pushkin and his wife Natalya Goncharova at Moscow’s Old Arbat street Image from Lenta.ru
Monument to Russian poet Aleksandr Pushkin and his wife Natalya Goncharova at Moscow’s Old Arbat street <a href="http://lenta.ru/photo/2012/08/17/balaclava/">Image from Lenta.ru</a>
Monument to Russian poet Aleksandr Pushkin and his wife Natalya Goncharova at Moscow’s Old Arbat street Image from Lenta.ru
Monument to Russian scientist and writer Mikhail Lomonosov on Mokhovaya street, walking distance away from the Kremlin <a href="http://lenta.ru/photo/2012/08/17/balaclava/">Image from Lenta.ru</a>
Monument to Russian scientist and writer Mikhail Lomonosov on Mokhovaya street, walking distance away from the Kremlin Image from Lenta.ru
Monument to great Kazakh poet, composer and philosopher Abay Qunanbayuli in Chistoprudny boulevard <a href="http://lenta.ru/photo/2012/08/17/balaclava/">Image from Lenta.ru</a>
Monument to great Kazakh poet, composer and philosopher Abay Qunanbayuli in Chistoprudny boulevard Image from Lenta.ru
Monument to great Kazakh poet, composer and philosopher Abay Qunanbayuli in Chistoprudny boulevard <a href="http://lenta.ru/photo/2012/08/17/balaclava/">Image from Lenta.ru</a>
Monument to great Kazakh poet, composer and philosopher Abay Qunanbayuli in Chistoprudny boulevard Image from Lenta.ru

Comments (14)

josecarlos 18.08.2012 22:53

The Russian Federation policies on education need to kick in as soon as possible.  The young generation of  brainless or poorly educated will deal with the hardships of life as soon as they become independent.  More work is need to bring up to the conscious mind the blood, tears, and painful development of the country in the 20th Century.  Many present youth are easy target of ideological brainwash by the western media and their mummified agents like Madona and other outdated rock singers.  Putin's new educational policies should be implemented as soon as possible.  

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TheEye 18.08.2012 16:23

dan 0418 wrote in #11
They were sent to jail by Putin as he decides everything in Russia.He will tell you what to have for breakfast next

Puti n is not a pet, he doesn't have undergound citys below sea level with masters in hiding and to tell him what to say to people. That's why he gets more respect and honor for being a man! A man of his words. I know they try to combat info with missinformation somethimes but all they are doing is trowing stones back at western media. Because westen media don't have stones, its something bigger and nasty. Only the wise will see that. Good Luck to Putin Empire and everything he does.

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Marc1 (unregistered) 18.08.2012 12:08

Just check who the organizers of these brainless "protesters":: are, and who is so much against the Christian Orthodox people and their holy places of worship:  They certainly aren't Russian Orthodox, and they aren't Muslims, either.  Only a morally challenged would say that those organizers and their followers are of high moral and spiritual excellence  Imagine, if a group of, say 'Nashi', burst into a synagogue and performed anti-Zionist acts and sung songs about their numerous crimes...would the "West" be singing in tune with them as they sing with these strumpets

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