RUSSIA has ruled hunger-striking punks Pussy Riot must stay in jail ahead of their trial for an anti-Vladimir Putin protest in a church.
Moscow city court rejected an appeal against the three young women's detention after they went on a hunger strike last Wednesday over a decision to curtail their time to read case materials.
Backers in the courtroom included media magnate Alexander Lebedev, who owns Britain's The Independent and Evening Standard dailies and co-owns Russia's liberal thrice-weekly Novaya Gazeta.
He was one of the high-profile figures to back the women by signing letters personally guaranteeing their good conduct. More than a hundred Russian arts figures earlier signed an open letter calling for their release. Full story ...
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Moscow city court rejected an appeal against the three young women's detention after they went on a hunger strike last Wednesday over a decision to curtail their time to read case materials.
Backers in the courtroom included media magnate Alexander Lebedev, who owns Britain's The Independent and Evening Standard dailies and co-owns Russia's liberal thrice-weekly Novaya Gazeta.
He was one of the high-profile figures to back the women by signing letters personally guaranteeing their good conduct. More than a hundred Russian arts figures earlier signed an open letter calling for their release. Full story ...
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