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