Russian punk band members sentenced to 2 years in prison

Russian feminist punk-rock band Pussy Riot members Maria Alyokhina, left, Yekaterina Samutsevich and Nadezhda Tolokonnikova sit in a glass-walled cage in a courtroom after the judge delivered the verdict at the Khamovnichesky Court in Moscow. Judge Marina Syrova sentenced the trio, who were found guilty of hooliganism motivated by religious hatred or hostility after singing a song insulting Vladimir Putin in the Christ the Savior Cathedral in Moscow earlier this year ahead of presidential elections in Russia, to two years in prison.

Russian feminist punk-rock band Pussy Riot members Maria Alyokhina, left, Yekaterina Samutsevich and Nadezhda Tolokonnikova sit in a glass-walled cage in a courtroom after the judge delivered the verdict at the Khamovnichesky Court in Moscow. Judge Marina Syrova sentenced the trio, who were found guilty of hooliganism motivated by religious hatred or hostility after singing a song insulting Vladimir Putin in the Christ the Savior Cathedral in Moscow earlier this year ahead of presidential elections in Russia, to two years in prison.  (Maxim Shipenkov / EPA)

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A Moscow judge has sentenced each of three members of the provocative punk band Pussy Riot to two years in prison on hooliganism charges following a trial that has drawn international outrage.

Pussy Riot trial protest in Moscow

Russian police officers detain a Pussy Riot supporter near the Khamovnichesky Court in Moscow during the court hearing. The court has found Russian feminist punk-rock band Pussy Riot members Yekaterina Samutsevich, Maria Alyokhina and Nadezhda Tolokonnikova guilty of hooliganism motivated by religious hatred or hostility after singing a song insulting Vladimir Putin in the Christ the Savior Cathedral in Moscow earlier this year ahead of presidential elections in Russia, and sentenced them to two years of imprisonment.  (Yuri Kochetkov / EPA)

Protester in Moscow

A policeman tries to detain a masked supporter of the Russian punk group Pussy Riot inside the Turkish embassy in Moscow.  (Misha Japaridze / Associated Press)

Pussy Riot protest in New York

A Pussy Riot protester demonstrates at St. Nicholas Russian Orthodox Church in New York.   (Peter Foley / EPA)

Protest in Barcelona, Spain

Demonstrators shout slogans in support of the Russian punk group Pussy Riot during a protest in front of the Sagrada Familia church in Barcelona, Spain.   (Manu Fernandez / Associated Press)

Protest in London

Supporters of feminist punk band Pussy Riot protest near the Russian embassy in London.   (Carl Court / AFP/Getty Images)

Berlin protest

Supporters of Russian band Pussy Riot perform during a demonstration near the Russian embassy in Berlin.   (Barbara Sax / AFP/Getty Images)

Protest in Hamburg, Germany

Supporters of Russian band Pussy Riot participate in a demonstration of solidarity in Hamburg, northern Germany.  (Marcus Brandt / AFP/Getty Images)