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Pussy Riot sentenced to two years in prison colony for hooliganism

Punk band members Maria Alyokhina, Nadezhda Tolokonnikova and Yekaterina Samutsevich jailed amid global protestsThree members of the feminist punk band Pussy Riot have been found guilty of hooliganism motivated by religious hatred and sentenced to two years in a prison colony.Maria Alyokhina, 24, Nadezhda Tolokonnikova, 22, and Yekaterina Samutsevich, 29, were handed the sentence by a judge in Moscow amid a wave of protests around the world.The three stared ahead defiantly from inside a glass ca...

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Pussy Riot sentenced to two years in prison colony for hooliganism

Guardian Music — Punk band members Maria Alyokhina, Nadezhda Tolokonnikova and Yekaterina Samutsevich jailed amid global protestsThree members of the feminist punk band Pussy Riot have be... more info
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