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Punk Band's Case Tests Putin's Tolerance For Dissent
by Renee Montagne, NPRJuly 31, 2012
Three women charged with blasphemy went on trial Monday in Russia in a case that's being seen as a major test of President Vladimir Putin's tolerance for dissent. The women are members of the band Pussy Riot. They were arrested after staging a punk rock protest at the altar of a Moscow cathedral.
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