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June 20th, 2012 
FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda
Outside the court building, police detained at least five people as dozens of
the band’s supporters whistled in unison, chanted anti-Kremlin slogans and
clashed with Orthodox activists who called on the band members “to
repent.”
Pussy Riot gained notoriety in January for performing a song taunting Putin –
then prime minister – from a spot on Red Square used in tsarist Russia for
announcing government decrees. Video of their performances became instant
internet hits.
The band’s unauthorised “punk prayer” took place two weeks before
March’s presidential vote in which Putin won a third presidential term
despite a wave of massive protests against his rule.
The church says the women deserve to be prosecuted for their “blasphemous”
performance from a place near the altar that no lay persons are allowed to
enter, although thousands of believers have signed a petition urging the
church to forgive the band.
Lawyers for the band members argued that they should be released because they
have young children.
Although church and state are separate under Russia’s constitution, the
Russian Orthodox Church has claimed a leading role in setting moral
guidelines for society. Its growing prominence has caused concern among
followers of minority faiths and nonreligious Russians.
Source: AP
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