Pussy Riot band members guilty of hooliganism: Moscow court
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Members of the female punk band Pussy Riot (from right) Nadezhda Tolokonnikova, Maria Alyokhina and Yekaterina Samutsevich sit in a glass-walled cage during a court hearing in Moscow on Aug 17, 2012. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
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Demonstrators take part in a a rally, in support of Russian punk band Pussy Riot, in Paris on Aug 17, 2012. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
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A supporter of members of the female punk band Pussy Riot reacts inside a police car after being detained for taking part in an unsanctioned rally outside a court building in Moscow on Aug 17, 2012. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
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A supporter of Russian band Pussy Riot wears a mask of Russian President Vladimir Putin during a demonstration on Aug 17, 2012 near the Russian embassy in Berlin. -- PHOTO: AFP
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Activists of the Ukrainian feminist group Femen use a chainsaw to cut down a cross, erected to the memory of victims of the political repression in Kiev on Aug 17, 2012 in support of Russian punk group Pussy Riot. -- PHOTO: AFP
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Demonstrators hold banners in support of the Russian punk group Pussy Riot during a protest in Paris on Friday, Aug 17, 2012. -- PHOTO: AP
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Supporters of all-girl punk band Pussy Riot protest in Brussels on Aug 17, 2012. -- PHOTO: AFP
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Police detain a supporter (centre) of the female punk band Pussy Riot members for taking part in an unsanctioned rally outside a court building in Moscow on Aug 17, 2012. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
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Supporters of the Russian punk rock band Pussy Riot protest outside the Russian Embassy in London on Friday, Aug 17, 2012, as the verdict in their case is announced in Moscow. -- PHOTO: AP
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Police detain former world chess champion and opposition leader Garry Kasparov (centre) during the trial of the female punk band Pussy Riot outside a court building in Moscow on Aug 17, 2012. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
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Supporters of all-girl punk band Pussy Riot protest near the Sagrada Familia in Barcelona on Aug 17, 2012. -- PHOTO: AFP
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Supporters of all-girl punk band Pussy Riot protest near the Sagrada Familia in Barcelona on Aug17, 2012. -- PHOTO: AFP
Members of the female punk band Pussy Riot (from right) Nadezhda Tolokonnikova, Maria Alyokhina and Yekaterina Samutsevich sit in a glass-walled cage during a court hearing in Moscow on Aug 17, 2012. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
Demonstrators take part in a a rally, in support of Russian punk band Pussy Riot, in Paris on Aug 17, 2012. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
A supporter of members of the female punk band Pussy Riot reacts inside a police car after being detained for taking part in an unsanctioned rally outside a court building in Moscow on Aug 17, 2012. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
A supporter of Russian band Pussy Riot wears a mask of Russian President Vladimir Putin during a demonstration on Aug 17, 2012 near the Russian embassy in Berlin. -- PHOTO: AFP
Activists of the Ukrainian feminist group Femen use a chainsaw to cut down a cross, erected to the memory of victims of the political repression in Kiev on Aug 17, 2012 in support of Russian punk group Pussy Riot. -- PHOTO: AFP
Demonstrators hold banners in support of the Russian punk group Pussy Riot during a protest in Paris on Friday, Aug 17, 2012. -- PHOTO: AP
Supporters of all-girl punk band Pussy Riot protest in Brussels on Aug 17, 2012. -- PHOTO: AFP
Police detain a supporter (centre) of the female punk band Pussy Riot members for taking part in an unsanctioned rally outside a court building in Moscow on Aug 17, 2012. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
Supporters of the Russian punk rock band Pussy Riot protest outside the Russian Embassy in London on Friday, Aug 17, 2012, as the verdict in their case is announced in Moscow. -- PHOTO: AP
Police detain former world chess champion and opposition leader Garry Kasparov (centre) during the trial of the female punk band Pussy Riot outside a court building in Moscow on Aug 17, 2012. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
Supporters of all-girl punk band Pussy Riot protest near the Sagrada Familia in Barcelona on Aug 17, 2012. -- PHOTO: AFP
Supporters of all-girl punk band Pussy Riot protest near the Sagrada Familia in Barcelona on Aug17, 2012. -- PHOTO: AFP
MOSCOW (AFP) - A Moscow court on Friday found guilty three young members of a feminist punk band who captured global attention by defying the Russian authorities and ridiculing President Vladimir Putin in a church.
Judge Marina Syrova said the three Pussy Riot protest band members had displayed a "clear disrespect toward society" by staging their Feb 21 Punk Prayer performance inside Russia's most important church.
"Tolokonnikova, Alyokhina and Samutsevich committed hooliganism - in other words, a grave violation of public order," she told the packed court room as the defendants exchanged a few quick glances and shook their heads.
"The court finds them quilty. The court reached this decision based on testimony of the defendants themselves and other evidence."
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