Pussy Riot Sentenced To 2 Years In Prison

A Moscow judge has sentenced each of the three members of the punk activist collective to two years in prison.

1. Pussy Riot Is Lead To The Courtroom To Hear Their Verdict

Pussy Riot members Yekaterina Samutsevich, Maria Alekhina and Nadezhda Tolokonnikova are escorted to a court room in Moscow, Russia on Friday, Aug 17, 2012. The women — two of whom have young children — are charged with hooliganism connected to religious hatred, but the case is widely seen as a warning that authorities will only tolerate opposition under tightly controlled conditions. The t-shirt worn by Tolokonnikova is Spanish and translates to “They shall not pass,” a slogan often used to express determination to defend a position against an enemy.

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Yekaterina Samutsevich.

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Nadezhda Tolokonnikova.

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4. The Judge Finds Them Guilty Of “Hooliganism”

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5. Maria Alekhina, Sentenced To 2 Years In Prison

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6. Yekaterina Samutsevich, Sentenced To 2 Years In Prison

Yekaterina Samutsevich

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7. Nadezhda Tolokonnikova, Sentenced To 2 Years In Prison

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8. The Scene In Front Of The Courthouse Where Pussy Riot Was Sentenced

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13. World Chess Champion And Anti-Putin Opposition Leader Garry Kasparov Was Detained In Front Of The Courthouse

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17. Pussy Riot Holds Up Their Guilty Verdict

Maria Alekhina, Yekaterina Samutsevich, and Nadezhda Tolokonnikova show the court’s guilty verdict as they sit in a glass cage.

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