UPDATE: 18/08/2012 - JUSTICE - MUSIC - RUSSIA - VLADIMIR PUTIN
Pussy riot prison sentences spark criticism
The EU, US and a number of celebrity figures have spoken out against a Russian court’s decision to sentence the three members of the punk band Pussy Riot to two years in prison for “hooliganism”, calling the judgment “disproportionate”.
Stephen Carroll (video)
News Wires (text)
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http://www.france24.com/en/20120818-russia-pussy-riot-prison-sentences-hooliganism-spark-criticism-european-union-united-states