Pussy Riot trial: closing statement denounces Putin's 'totalitarian system'

Punk band's members claim they are freer than those carrying out their prosecution as judge sets 17 August for verdictThree members of the feminist punk band Pussy Riot said Vladimir Putin's Russia was the one on trial as they delivered closing arguments on Wednesday in a case seen as a key test of the powerful president's desire to crackdown on dissent."This is a trial of the whole government system of Russia, which so likes to show its harshness toward the individual, its indifference to his h...

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