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Russia Today

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YouTube/Pussy Riot

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Russia Today

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Pyotr Verzilov
Nadezhda Tolokonnikova's Husband

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Phil Black
Moscow


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Amnesty International calls the verdict a bitter blow for freedom of expression.
The U-S, EU and Britain describe the sentences as "disproportionate".
The jailed members of Pussy Riot may have been silenced for now - but international criticism of Russia is growing louder by the minute.
C-N-N 's Phil Black from Moscow compiled this report.

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THE WOMEN OF THE PUSSY RIOT SPENT HOURS WAITING IN THEIR GLASS BOX FOR THE JUDGE TO START READING HER VERDICT.
YEKATERINA SAMUTSEVICH.. MARIA ALYOKHINA.. NADEZHDA TOLOKONNIKOVA.. CHATTED TOGETHER AND WONDERED WHEN THEY WOULD NEXT SEE EACH OTHER.. AND WHERE THAT WOULD BE.
OUTSIDE.. A CROWD OF SUPPORTERS GATHERED..
POLICE SHOWED SOME TOLERANCE BUT THEY WERE EASILY PROVOKED AND DOZENS WERE ARRESTED.
THERE WERE ALSO MEMBERS OF THE RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH.
THIS IS WHY RUSSIA'S RELIGIOUS WERE OFFENDED.
A 30 SECOND PERFORMANCE IN MOSCOW'S MAIN CATHEDRAL, PRAYING FOR PRESIDENT VLADIMIR PUTIN TO GO.
THE JUDGEMENT TOOK THREE HOURS TO READ.. AND THROUGHOUT THERE WAS LITTLE DOUBT IT WOULD FIND THEM GUILTY.
THE JUDGE FREQUENTLY REFERRED TO THEIR BEHAVIOUR AS INSULTING AND DISRESPECTFUL TO THE ORTHODOX CHURCH AND ALL OF RUSSIA'S FAITHFUL.
SHE CRITICISED THEIR SHORT SKIRTS AND HIGH KICKS.. AND SAID THEY WERE MOTIVATED BY HATRED FOR RELIGION.
SHE RULED THEY REMAINED A DANGER TO SOCIETY.. AND SENTENCED THEM TO TWO YEARS.
THE WOMEN SMILED.. BUT LOOKED A LITTLED STUNNED.. AS PEOPLE IN THE COURT SHOUTED, "SHAME!"
OUTSIDE MUCH OF THE CROWD ALSO REACTED ANGRILY..
THIS WOMAN WAS CLEARLY INSPIRED BY PUSSY RIOT'S EXAMPLE.
THE POLICE WAITED FOR HER TO COME DOWN.. UNTIL SHE PULLED ON A PINK BALACLAVA.
THE WOMEN'S FAMILIES WERE IN COURT.
THE FATHER OF EKATERINA SAMUTSEVICH SAID HIS INNOCENT DAUGHTER WAS BEING SENT TO JAIL.
NADIA TOLOKONIKOVA'S HUSBAND SAID HE WASN'T SURPRISED BY THE OUTCOME, DESPITE VLADIMIR PUTIN SAYING HE HOPED THEY WOULDN'T BE PUNISHED HARSHLY.
"Well two years of a brutal russian prison, for President Putin, is somewhat of a lenient sentence."
"Their time spent in custody, more than five months, will count towards the sentence. And it could be reduced further on appeal. Throughout the trial the women of pussy riot said they didn't regret the action for which they knew they would be punished. They also knew it has helped to make them a global brand for protest and dissent. Phil Black, CNN, Moscow."

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