"...Russian punk trio Pussy Riot -- Nadezhda Tolokonnikova, 22, Maria Alyokhina, 24, and Yekaterina Samutsevich, 29 -- sit ensconced behind glass in a Moscow courtroom this week, facing trial after their March arrest for having performed an anti-government "punk prayer" inside the Cathedral of Christ the Savior in Moscow. ...The three women have been incarcerated for the five months since their arrest, facing charges of "hooliganism," a crime punishable by up to seven years in prison -- but trial-watchers are saying it will likely be closer to three years spent in a gulag...".* Ana Kasparian and Cenk Uygur break it down on The Young Turks. *Read more here from Seth Abramovitch in The Hollywood Reporter: www.hollywoodreporter.com
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