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Russian PM argues for Pussy Riot members release

Russia's prime minister said Friday the women in the Pussy Riot punk band serving two-year prison sentences should be set free, while a band member's husband tried to visit his wife in jail in a central Russian region known for its gloomy Stalinist-era gulags.Three members of the band were convicted on hooliganism charges in August for performing a "punk prayer" at Moscow's main cathedral during which they pleaded with the Virgin Mary for deliverance from President Vladimir Putin.One of them, Yekaterina Samutsevich, was released on appeal last month, but the other two, Nadezhda Tolokonnikova and Maria Alekhina, were sent to prison camps to serve their sentences.Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev said Friday that he detested the Pussy Riot act, but added the women have been in prison long enough and should be released. He made a similar statement before October's appeal hearings, fueling speculation about their possible release. Medvedev's latest comment is unlikely to take effect, since he...

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  1. Art performer, poet, software programmer _ three faces behind mask of Russia's Pussy Riot band

    One of the key ideas behind the Russian punk provocateur band Pussy Riot was the supremacy of an idea over personality — thus the balaclavas that made the members bo...

  2. Russian clerics forgive Pussy Riot after band's 2-year sentence for anti-Putin rant in church

    Russia's top Orthodox clerics on Saturday asked for mercy for the punk band Pussy Riot for its anti-government protest in a Moscow cathedral, but the church's forgiv...

  3. 'We are all hooligans': With faces covered, protesters support Pussy Riot

    Supporters of the punk rock band Pussy Riot bared their breasts, covered their faces with ski masks and cross-dressed Friday in a series of raucous protests that str...

  4. Russian court may defer Pussy Riot member sentence

    A Russian court is weighing whether an imprisoned members of feminist punk band Pussy Riot can serve the remainder of her two-year sentence when her 5-year-old son i...

  5. Justice beyond the Pussy Riot verdict: jail terms for insulting a king, stealing water

    The two-year prison sentence handed down to punk rock band Pussy Riot for a provocative protest inside a Moscow cathedral called attention to just how hard President...

  6. Moscow court bans video of anti-Putin punk band performance

    A Moscow court on Thursday ruled that the video of punk band Pussy Riot's performance in Russia's main cathedral is extremist and ordered it to be removed from the w...

  7. Two members of anti-Putin punk band say they have no regrets

    The imprisoned members of the Pussy Riot feminist punk band say they feel no regrets about the irreverent "punk prayer" against President Vladimir Putin in Moscow's ...

  8. Pussy Riot member says she has no regrets; trial showed 'the true face of Putin's system'

    Jailed Pussy Riot member Nadezhda Tolokonnikova says she regrets nothing about the band's anti-government performance in a cathedral that got them convicted of hooli...

  9. Russian Orthodox Church: Anti-Putin punk band deserve leniency if they repent

    The Russian Orthodox Church on Sunday asked for clemency for three jailed members of the rock band Pussy Riot if they repent for their "punk prayer" for deliverance ...

  10. Activist punk rockers get 2 years for anti-Putin church stunt; protests decry grip on dissent

    Three punk rock-style activists who briefly took over a cathedral in a raucous prayer for deliverance from Vladimir Putin were sentenced to two years in prison for h...

  11. Attorney appeals 2-year jail sentences for 3 Pussy Riot band members in Russia

    Three members of the Pussy Riot punk band have appealed a court's decision to jail them for two years for their "punk prayer" against Russian leader Vladimir Putin i...

  12. Music festival to support Pussy Riot held in Russia's 2nd city despite official pressure

    A music festival to support jailed members of the Russian band Pussy Riot went forward despite official pressure to cancel it, organizers said Monday.Olga Kurnosova ...

  1. Pussy Riot members face tough life in penal colony

    It's a far cry from Stalin's gulag, but the guiding principle of the Russian penal colony -- the destination of two members of punk band Pussy Riot -- remains the sa...

  2. Russian judges defend ruling in Pussy Riot trial

    The Russian judges who ruled to keep two of the three Pussy Riot band members behind bars took the unusual step of publicly defending their decision, saying Thursday...

  3. Pussy Riot member moved to solitary cell after tensions with other inmates

    Russian prison officials say one of the jailed members of the punk band Pussy Riot has been moved into a solitary cell following tensions with other inmates.Federal ...

  4. Imprisoned Pussy Riot member hospitalized

    Russia's prison service says one of two members of the Pussy Riot feminist punk band serving two-year sentences for an irreverent protest against President Vladimir ...

  5. Pussy Riot member declares hunger strike in prison

    An imprisoned member of the punk band Pussy Riot says she is going on hunger strike after a judge refused to allow her to attend a court hearing where she was seekin...

  6. Pussy Riot members transferred to prison colonies

    A lawyer for the two jailed Pussy Riot band members says they have been transferred to prison colonies hundreds of miles from Moscow to serve their sentence.Mark Fey...

  7. Kremlin's human rights council raises questions over Pussy Riot verdict

    The Russian presidential human rights council is questioning the guilty verdict and two-year prison sentences against three members of punk provocateurs Pussy Riot.T...

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