"The band members were arrested in March after performing a "punk prayer" in Moscow's main cathedral, pleading with the Virgin Mary to deliver Russia from Vladimir Putin, who was elected to a third term as Russia's president weeks after the protest.
The Orthodox Church issued a statement Friday, calling on Russian authorities to show the women "mercy" within the framework of the law.
The French news agency, AFP, reports that a telephone poll conducted by the Echo of Moscow radio station Saturday indicated 77 percent of listeners felt it was "impossible to agree with the verdict."" VOA
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If Putin is clever he will seize the opportunity to demonstrate that he is no longer a Chekist.. pl
http://www.voanews.com/content/russia_facesa_criticism_over_band_sentence/1490646.html
