A Moscow court has found the three women members of the punk band Pussy Riot guilty on charges of hooliganism and inciting religious hatred in a trial in Moscow that has become a defining moment in a gathering crackdown on Russia’s opposition movement.
The women face up to seven years in jail for performing a song entitled “Mother of God, Drive Putin Out!” in Moscow’s Christ the Saviour cathedral in February ahead of presidential elections the following month.
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