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Marina Syrova. Judge of Moscow Khamovniki District Court.
Svetova Zoe, Victoria Charochkina - The New Times
Specially assigned judges. Controllability of Russian court stopped being a secret long before the Pussy Riot process and arrests of those who were (or were not) at Bolotnaya Square on May 6. But whoever dictates the verdict, personal responsibility for it always falls on the judge.
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The Pussy Riot Lawyers - They will try to disbar us
Elena Masyuk - The New Times
Right now a lot of people are accusing all three of you of making a name for yourself out of these three unfortunate young women from Pussy Riot and assuring your future income as lawyers: indeed, if your name gets around, the price for your services goes up.
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Yekaterina Samutsevich Closing Statement at the Pussy Riot Trial
Yekaterina Samutsevich
Closing Statement
8 August 2012, Khamovnichesky Courthouse, Moscow
During the closing statement, the defendant is expected to repent or express regret for her deeds, or to enumerate attenuating circumstances. In my case, as in the case of my colleagues in the group, this is completely unnecessary. Instead, I want to express my ( Read more... ) -
The closing statements from Nadezhda Tolokonnikova in trial 8 august 2012
The closing statements from Nadezhda Tolokonnikova in trial.
8 august 2012
Nadezhda Tolokonnikova
Closing Statement
8 August 2012, Khamovnichesky Courthouse, Moscow
Essentially, it is not three singers from Pussy Riot who are on trial here. If that were the case, what’s happening would be totally insignificant. It is the entire state system of the ( Read more... ) -
LIVE VIDEO FEED from courtroom #Pussyriot #Freepussyriot
LIVE VIDEO FEED from courtroom
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Russian Musicians are afraid to support #PussyRiot
ST. PETERSBURG - With more and more Western musicians - from Red Hot Chili Peppers to Peter Gabriel and Sting - showing their support for Pussy Riot, the female punk rockers who have found themselves behind bars for an anti-Putin performance in a Moscow church in March, Russian musicians are being criticized for not showing enough support.
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The Telegraph: #Putin 's Russia in the dock during #PussyRiot trial
The trial of three women who staged a peaceful protest in a church has focused worldwide attention on the growing crackdown in Russia since Vladimir Putin returned to the presidency in May, writes Tom Parfitt.
Look to your right in room number seven at Moscow's Khamovnichesky Court and you could be in a family living room. Beige walls, a row of pot ( Read more... )
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