Pussy Riot Goes On Trial In Moscow
One of the most talked-about trials in Russia for years began in a Moscow courtroom yesterday, with three young women from the punk group Pussy Riot facing charges of hooliganism inspired by religious hatred that could see them jailed for up to seven years. Their crime was to burst into Moscow’s biggest cathedral in February and perform a shrieky key punk tune calling on the Virgin Mary to kick Vladimir Putin out of office.
