Russian Church Feigns Forgiveness For Pussy Riot

Two of the most senior clerics in the Russian Orthodox Church have said they forgive members of the punk band Pussy Riot jailed for a cathedral protest against Russian President Vladimir Putin.

The three performers were sentenced to two years in a labor camp on Friday after being convicted of hooliganism driven by racial hatred, for performing a 50-second ‘punk prayer’ in Christ the Saviour Cathedral, Moscow, in February.

But Tikhon Shevkunov, head of the Moscow Sretensky Monastery and widely believed to be the Russian president’s spiritual counselor, told state television the church forgave band members Nadezhda Tolokonnikova, 22, Maria Alyokhina, 24, and Yekaterina Samutsevich, 30. MORE HERE

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