Photos: Demonstrations in support of anti-Putin punk activists Pussy Riot

Posted Aug 15, 2012

MOSCOW—The global campaign to free Pussy Riot is gaining speed: Supporters of the punk provocateur band mobilize this week in at least a two dozen cities worldwide to hold simultaneous demonstrations an hour before a Russian court rules on whether its members will be sent to prison.

Story: Global activists gear up for Pussy Riot rallies

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Supporters of the Russian feminist punk band Pussy Riot attend a gathering in Vienna, August 17, 2012. Three members of a feminist punk band were found guilty on Friday of hooliganism motivated by religious hatred for staging an anti-Kremlin protest in a church, in a case that supporters say put President Vladimir Putin's tolerance of dissent on trial. REUTERS/Lisi Niesner
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An activist holds a poster depicting Russian President Vladimir Putin in support of members of the female punk band Pussy Riot during a protest rally at the Venceslas Square in Prague August 17, 2012. Three women from Russian punk band Pussy Riot were sentenced to two years in jail on Friday for their protest against President Vladimir Putin in a church, an outcome supporters described as the Kremlin leader's "personal revenge". REUTERS/David W Cerny
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Police detain a supporter of the female punk band "Pussy Riot" members for violation of law and order outside a court building in Moscow, August 17, 2012. Three women from Russian punk band Pussy Riot were sentenced to two years in jail on Friday for their protest against President Vladimir Putin in a church, an outcome supporters described as the Kremlin leader's "personal revenge". REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov
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Members of the all-girl punk band "Pussy Riot" Yekaterina Samutsevich (C), Maria Alyokhina (L) and Nadezhda Tolokonnikova (R) show the court's verdict after delivering judgment as they sit in a glass-walled cage in Moscow on Agust 17, 2012. A Moscow court Friday handed a two-year jail sentence to the three feminist punk rockers who infuriated the Kremlin and captured world attention by ridiculing President Vladimir Putin in Russia's main church. AFP PHOTO / STR-/AFP/GettyImages
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Supporters of the female punk band "Pussy Riot" members gather in Kiev, August 17, 2012. A Russian judge found three women from the punk band Pussy Riot guilty of hooliganism motivated by religious hatred on Friday for staging an anti-Kremlin protest on the altar of Moscow's main Russian Orthodox church. REUTERS/Anatolii Stepanov
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Supporters of the Russian punk group Pussy Riot walk through downtown Warsaw, Poland on Friday, Aug. 17, 2012, to leave a petition at the Russian Embassy to demand their release. A Moscow judge has sentenced each of three members of the provocative punk band Pussy Riot to two years in prison on hooliganism charges following a trial that has drawn international outrage as an emblem of Russia's intolerance to dissent. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)
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A supporter of the Russian punk group Pussy Riot walk through downtown Warsaw, Poland on Friday, Aug. 17, 2012, to leave a petition at the Russian Embassy to demand their release. A Moscow judge has sentenced each of three members of the provocative punk band Pussy Riot to two years in prison on hooliganism charges following a trial that has drawn international outrage as an emblem of Russia's intolerance to dissent. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)
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A supporter of the Russian punk group Pussy Riot, second left, and a man, right, who appears to be an Orthodox priest, a Pussy Riot opponent, stand outside a court in Moscow, Russia, Friday, Aug. 17, 2012. A Moscow judge has sentenced each of three members of the provocative punk band Pussy Riot to two years in prison on hooliganism charges following a trial that has drawn international outrage as an emblem of Russia's intolerance to dissent.(AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)
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A Police officer detains a supporter of the Russian punk group Pussy Riot outside a court in Moscow, Russia, Friday, Aug. 17, 2012. A Moscow judge has sentenced each of three members of the provocative punk band Pussy Riot to two years in prison on hooliganism charges following a trial that has drawn international outrage as an emblem of Russia's intolerance to dissent. (AP Photo/Misha Japaridze)
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Supporters of the Russian punk group Pussy Riot walk through downtown Warsaw, Poland on Friday, Aug. 17, 2012. A Moscow judge has sentenced each of three members of the provocative punk band Pussy Riot to two years in prison on hooliganism charges following a trial that has drawn international outrage as an emblem of Russia's intolerance to dissent. (AP Photo/Alik Keplicz)
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Police officers detain a supporter of the Russian punk group Pussy Riot outside a court in Moscow, Russia, Friday, Aug. 17, 2012. A Moscow judge has sentenced each of three members of the provocative punk band Pussy Riot to two years in prison on hooliganism charges following a trial that has drawn international outrage as an emblem of Russia's intolerance to dissent.(AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)
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A protester is arrested during a demonstration in front of the Russian consulate in support of Russian punk band Pussy Riot, Friday, Aug. 17, 2012 in New York. A Russian judge found three members of the provocative punk band guilty of hooliganism on Friday, in one of the most closely watched cases in recent Russian history. The judge said the three band members committed hooliganism driven by religious hatred and offending religious believers. The three were arrested in March after a guerrilla performance in Moscow's main cathedral calling for the Virgin Mary to protect Russia against Vladimir Putin, who was elected to a new term as Russia's president a few days later. (AP Photo/Alex Katz)
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Supporters of the Russian punk group Pussy Riot walk through downtown Warsaw, Poland on Friday, Aug. 17, 2012, to leave a petition at the Russian Embassy to demand their release. A Moscow judge has sentenced each of three members of the provocative punk band Pussy Riot to two years in prison on hooliganism charges following a trial that has drawn international outrage as an emblem of Russia's intolerance to dissent. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)
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A policeman, left, tries to detain a masked supporter of the Russian punk group Pussy Riot inside the Turkish embassy near the court in Moscow, Russia, Friday, Aug. 17, 2012. A Moscow judge has sentenced each of three members of the provocative punk band Pussy Riot to two years in prison on hooliganism charges following a trial that has drawn international outrage as an emblem of Russia's intolerance to dissent. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)
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Police officers detain a supporter of the Russian punk group Pussy Riot outside a court in Moscow, Russia, Friday, Aug. 17, 2012. A Moscow judge has sentenced each of three members of the provocative punk band Pussy Riot to two years in prison on hooliganism charges following a trial that has drawn international outrage as an emblem of Russia's intolerance to dissent.(AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)
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Supporters of the Russian punk group Pussy Riot walk through downtown Warsaw, Poland on Friday, Aug. 17, 2012. A Moscow judge has sentenced each of three members of the provocative punk band Pussy Riot to two years in prison on hooliganism charges following a trial that has drawn international outrage as an emblem of Russia's intolerance to dissent. (AP Photo/Alik Keplicz)
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Musician Colin Kelly from Punk Band "Job Seekers" joins demonstrators in a protest in O'Connell Street, Dublin, against the conviction of members of the provocative Russian punk band Pussy Riot, Friday Aug. 17, 2012. The three female band members have been in jail for more than five months because of an anti-Putin prank in Moscow's main cathedral. A judge is due to rule on their case Friday. (AP Photo/PA, Niall Carson)
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Former world chess champion Garry Kasparov, a leading opposition activist, speaks from a police vehicle after having been detained by police outside the court where a trial of the feminist punk group Pussy Riot is held, in Moscow, Friday, Aug. 17, 2012. A Moscow judge sentenced three members of the provocative punk band Pussy Riot to two years in prison each on hooliganism charges on Friday following a trial that has drawn international outrage as an emblem of Russia's intolerance of dissent. (AP Photo/Yuri Tutov)
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Pussy Riot punk group supporters place masks on a monument to WWII heroes to resemble Pussy Riot members, at an underground station in Moscow on Friday, Aug. 17, 2012. Three group members who were jailed in March following a guerrilla performance denouncing President Vladimir Putin in Moscow's main cathedral have unwillingly emerged as vivid — and very different — characters. They await a verdict Friday on charges of hooliganism motivated by religious hatred. (AP Photo/Yevgeny Feldman, Novaya Gazeta)
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A member of the Ukrainian feminist group 'FEMEN' saws down a cross erected in honor of victims of political repression, as others help pull it to the ground, in protest against the Moscow trial of Russian punk group Pussy Riot, in Kiev, Ukraine, Friday, Aug. 17, 2012. (AP Photo/Sergei Chuzavkov)
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Protesters rally during a demonstration in front of the Russian consulate in support of Russian punk band Pussy Riot, Friday, Aug. 17, 2012 in New York. A Russian judge found three members of the provocative punk band guilty of hooliganism on Friday, in one of the most closely watched cases in recent Russian history. The judge said the three band members committed hooliganism driven by religious hatred and offending religious believers. The three were arrested in March after a guerrilla performance in Moscow's main cathedral calling for the Virgin Mary to protect Russia against Vladimir Putin, who was elected to a new term as Russia's president a few days later. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)
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A demonstrator shouts slogans in support of the Russian punk group Pussy Riot during a protest in front of the Sagrada Familia church designed by architect Antoni Gaudi in Barcelona, Spain, Friday, Aug. 17, 2012. Three members of Pussy Riot were jailed in March and charged with hooliganism motivated by religious hatred after their punk performance against President Putin in Moscow’s main cathedral. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez)
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A demonstrator writes on a shirt 'Free Pussy Riot' in support of the Russian punk group Pussy Riot during a protest in Milan, Italy, Friday Aug. 17, 2012. Three members of Pussy Riot were jailed in March and charged with hooliganism motivated by religious hatred after their punk performance against President Putin in Moscow’s main cathedral. Russian court sentences Pussy Riot members to 2 years in prison each. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)
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A supporter of the punk band Pussy Riot holds a hand crafted design symbolizing the three members of the Russian punk group Pussy Riot, with a sign on her wrist reading "They are your children, Russia," outside a court in Moscow, Russia, Friday, Aug. 17, 2012. A Moscow judge has sentenced each of three members of the provocative punk band Pussy Riot to two years in prison on hooliganism charges following a trial that has drawn international outrage as an emblem of Russia's intolerance to dissent. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)
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Demonstrators talk on a megaphone in support of the Russian punk group Pussy Riot during a protest in front of the Russian Embassy in Copenhagen, Denmark, Thursday Aug. 17, 2012. Three members of Pussy Riot were jailed in March and charged with hooliganism motivated by religious hatred after their punk performance against President Putin in Moscow’s main cathedral. Russian court sentences Pussy Riot members to 2 years in prison each. (AP Photo/Polfoto/Liv Hoybye)
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A demonstrator shouts slogans in support of the Russian punk group Pussy Riot during a protest in front of the Sagrada Familia church designed by architect Antoni Gaudi in Barcelona, Spain, Friday, Aug. 17, 2012. Three members of Pussy Riot were jailed in March and charged with hooliganism motivated by religious hatred after their punk performance against President Putin in Moscow’s main cathedral. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez)
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A police officer tries to detain a supporter of the Russian punk group Pussy Riot as others prevent him, outside a court in Moscow, Russia, Friday, Aug. 17, 2012. A Moscow judge has sentenced each of three members of the provocative punk band Pussy Riot to two years in prison on hooliganism charges following a trial that has drawn international outrage as an emblem of Russia's intolerance to dissent. (AP Photo/Misha Japaridze)
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Supporters of the Russian punk group Pussy Riot walk through downtown Warsaw, Poland on Friday, Aug. 17, 2012. A Moscow judge has sentenced each of three members of the provocative punk band Pussy Riot to two years in prison on hooliganism charges following a trial that has drawn international outrage as an emblem of Russia's intolerance to dissent. (AP Photo/Alik Keplicz)
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Jonathan Gomes, 21, holds a sign during a during a demonstration in front of the Russian consulate in support of Russian punk band Pussy Riot, Friday, Aug. 17, 2012 in New York. A Russian judge found three members of the provocative punk band guilty of hooliganism on Friday, in one of the most closely watched cases in recent Russian history. The judge said the three band members committed hooliganism driven by religious hatred and offending religious believers. The three were arrested in March after a guerrilla performance in Moscow's main cathedral calling for the Virgin Mary to protect Russia against Vladimir Putin, who was elected to a new term as Russia's president a few days later. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)
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Polish members of the 'Agreement of 8th March' group participate in a demonstration with supporters of the Russian punk group Pussy Riot in downtown Warsaw, Poland on Friday, Aug. 17, 2012. A Moscow judge has sentenced each of three members of the provocative punk band Pussy Riot to two years in prison on hooliganism charges following a trial that has drawn international outrage as an emblem of Russia's intolerance to dissent. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)
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Police officers detain a supporter of the Russian punk group Pussy Riot as he shows a V-sign outside a court in Moscow, Russia, Friday, Aug. 17, 2012. A Moscow judge has sentenced each of three members of the provocative punk band Pussy Riot to two years in prison on hooliganism charges following a trial that has drawn international outrage as an emblem of Russia's intolerance to dissent.(AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)
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Protesters are arrested during a demonstration in front of the Russian consulate in support of Russian punk band Pussy Riot, Friday, Aug. 17, 2012 in New York. A Russian judge found three members of the provocative punk band guilty of hooliganism on Friday, in one of the most closely watched cases in recent Russian history. The judge said the three band members committed hooliganism driven by religious hatred and offending religious believers. The three were arrested in March after a guerrilla performance in Moscow's main cathedral calling for the Virgin Mary to protect Russia against Vladimir Putin, who was elected to a new term as Russia's president a few days later. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)
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Supporters of Russian feminist punk band 'Pussy Riot' hold home-made banners during a demonstration organized by Amnesty International Hungary at Erzsebet square in downtown Budapest on August 17, 2012. A Moscow court on August 17, 2012, found three young members of the feminist punk band guilty for singing a song ridiculing President Vladimir Putin in a church in the city and sentenced them to two years imprisonment in a camp. The band has captured global attention by defying the Russian authorities and various leaders of the European Union called the Russian court's sentencing excessive and disproportionate. AFP PHOTO / PETER KOHALMI/AFP/GettyImages
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A young mother and her baby, supporters of Russian feminist punk band 'Pussy Riot', take part in a demonstration organized by Amnesty International Hungary at Erzsebet square in downtown Budapest on August 17, 2012. A Moscow court on August 17, 2012, found three young members of the feminist punk band guilty for singing a song ridiculing President Vladimir Putin in a church in the city and sentenced them to two years imprisonment in a camp. The band has captured global attention by defying the Russian authorities and various leaders of the European Union called the Russian court's sentencing excessive and disproportionate. AFP PHOTO / PETER KOHALMI/AFP/GettyImages
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Russian policemen detain a supporter of the all-girl punk band "Pussy Riot" near the court building in Moscow on August 17, 2012. A Moscow court handed a two-year jail sentence to the three feminist punk rockers who infuriated the Kremlin and captured world attention by ridiculing President Vladimir Putin in Russia's main church. AFP PHOTO / ANDREY SMIRNOV/AFP/GettyImages
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A young girl rests as supporters of Russian feminist punk band 'Pussy Riot' hold home-made banners during a demonstration organized by Amnesty International Hungary at Erzsebet square in downtown Budapest on August 17, 2012. A Moscow court on August 17, 2012, found three young members of the feminist punk band guilty for singing a song ridiculing President Vladimir Putin in a church in the city and sentenced them to two years imprisonment in a camp. The band has captured global attention by defying the Russian authorities and various leaders of the European Union called the Russian court's sentencing excessive and disproportionate. AFP PHOTO / PETER KOHALMI/AFP/GettyImages
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Members of the all-girl punk band "Pussy Riot" Nadezhda Tolokonnikova (R), Maria Alyokhina (L) and Yekaterina Samutsevich sit in a glass-walled cage after being sentenced in Moscow on Agust 17, 2012. A Moscow court today handed a two-year prison sentence to three feminist punk rockers who infuriated the Kremlin and captured world attention by ridiculing President Vladimir Putin in Russia's main church. Pussy Riot release rallies have stretched from Sydney to New York as a growing list of celebrities joined ex-Beatle Paul McCartney and pop icon Madonna in a campaign directed against Putin's crackdown on dissent. AFP PHOTO / STR-/AFP/GettyImages
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Supporters of Russian band "Pussy Riot" participate in a demonstration of solidarity on August 17, 2012 in Hamburg, northern Germany.A Moscow court on August 17, 2012 found guilty three young members of the feminist punk band who captured global attention by defying the Russian authorities and ridiculing President Vladimir Putin in a church. AFP PHOTO / MARCUS BRANDT/AFP/GettyImages
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Supporters of Russian band "Pussy Riot" participate in a demonstration of solidarity on August 17, 2012 in Hamburg, northern Germany.A Moscow court on August 17, 2012 found guilty three young members of the feminist punk band who captured global attention by defying the Russian authorities and ridiculing President Vladimir Putin in a church. AFP PHOTO / MARCUS BRANDT/AFP/GettyImages
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A supporter of Russian band Pussy Riot holds a poster reading "Free Pussy Riot", on August 17, 2012 in Hamburg, northern Germany.A Moscow court on August 17, 2012 found guilty three young members of the feminist punk band who captured global attention by defying the Russian authorities and ridiculing President Vladimir Putin in a church.AFP PHOTO / MARCUS BRANDT /AFP/GettyImages
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A father and his daughter, supporters of feminist punk band "Pussy Riot", wear the group's trademark coloured balaclava in St. Petersburg on August 17, 2012. Moscow's court today pronounced a guilty verdict in the case of three members of the feminist punk band Pussy Riot who staged a protest against Russian President Vladimir Putin in a landmark church. AFP PHOTO / OLGA MALTSEVA/AFP/GettyImages
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Protestors wave placards and shout during rally at the Russian embassy in Kiev on August 17, 2012 in support of Russian punk band Pussy Riot. A Moscow court on Friday found guilty three young members of a feminist punk band who infuriated the Kremlin and captured global attention by ridiculing President Vladimir Putin in a church. AFP PHOTO/GENYA SAVILOV/AFP/GettyImages
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Masked supporters of all-girl punk band "Pussy Riot" protest near the Russian embassy in London on August 17, 2012. A Moscow court on Friday pronounced a guilty verdict in the case of three members of the feminist punk band Pussy Riot who staged a protest against Russian President Vladimir Putin in a landmark church. AFP PHOTO / CARL COURT/AFP/GettyImages
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A masked supporter of all-girl punk band "Pussy Riot" protests near the Russian embassy in London on August 17, 2012. A Moscow court on Friday pronounced a guilty verdict in the case of three members of the feminist punk band Pussy Riot who staged a protest against Russian President Vladimir Putin in a landmark church. AFP PHOTO / CARL COURT/AFP/GettyImages
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Polish members of the 'Agreement of 8th March' group participate in a demonstration with supporters of the Russian punk group Pussy Riot in downtown Warsaw, Poland on Friday, Aug. 17, 2012. A Moscow judge has sentenced each of three members of the provocative punk band Pussy Riot to two years in prison on hooliganism charges following a trial that has drawn international outrage as an emblem of Russia's intolerance to dissent. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)
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Police officers detain protesters outside the court where a trial of the feminist punk group Pussy Riot is held, in Moscow, Friday, Aug. 17, 2012. A Moscow judge sentenced three members of the provocative punk band Pussy Riot to two years in prison each on hooliganism charges on Friday following a trial that has drawn international outrage as an emblem of Russia's intolerance of dissent. (AP Photo/Sergey Ponomarev)
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A demonstrator chants slogans in support of the Russian punk group Pussy Riot, whose members face prison for a stunt against President Vladimir Putin, outside Russia's embassy in Tel Aviv, Israel, Friday, Aug. 17, 2012. The three female band members have been in jail for more than five months because of an anti-Putin prank in Moscow's main cathedral. A judge is due to rule on their case Friday.(AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)
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Supporters of the Russian punk rock band Pussy Riot protest outside the Russian Embassy in London, Friday, Aug. 17, 2012, as the verdict in their case is announced in Moscow. A Russian judge found three members of the provocative punk band Pussy Riot guilty of hooliganism on Friday, in one of the most closely watched cases in recent Russian history. The judge said the three band members committed hooliganism driven by religious hatred and offending religious believers. The three were arrested in March after a guerrilla performance in Moscow's main cathedral calling for the Virgin Mary to protect Russia against Vladimir Putin, who was elected to a new term as Russia's president a few days later.(AP Photo/Alastair Grant)
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Police detain a supporter of the female punk band "Pussy Riot" members, after releasing a smoke bomb, outside a court building in Moscow, August 17, 2012. Three women from Russian punk band Pussy Riot were sentenced to two years in jail on Friday for their protest against President Vladimir Putin in a church, an outcome supporters described as the Kremlin leader's "personal revenge". REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov
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Activists wear masks with a tape pasted over their mouths in support of members of the female punk band Pussy Riot and during a protest rally in front of the Russian Embassy in Warsaw August 17, 2012. Three women from Russian punk band Pussy Riot were sentenced to two years in jail on Friday for their protest against President Vladimir Putin in a church, an outcome supporters described as the Kremlin leader's "personal revenge". The slogan on the tape reads: "Freedom". REUTERS/Kacper Pempel
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Supporters of the female punk band "Pussy Riot" members listen to the band's songs as they sit in a car near a court building in Moscow, August 17, 2012. Three women from Russian punk band Pussy Riot were sentenced to two years in jail on Friday for their protest against President Vladimir Putin in a church, an outcome supporters described as the Kremlin leader's "personal revenge". REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov
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Activist wears a mask in support of members of the female punk band Pussy Riot and holds a banner during a protest rally at the Venceslas Square in Prague August 17, 2012. Three women from Russian punk band Pussy Riot were sentenced to two years in jail on Friday for their protest against President Vladimir Putin in a church, an outcome supporters described as the Kremlin leader's "personal revenge". REUTERS/David W Cerny
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Prominent anti-corruption blogger and opposition leader Alexei Navalny (front R) walks after the female punk band "Pussy Riot" trial near a court building in Moscow, August 17, 2012. Three women from Russian punk band Pussy Riot were sentenced to two years in jail on Friday for their protest against President Vladimir Putin in a church, an outcome supporters described as the Kremlin leader's "personal revenge". REUTERS/Mikhail Voskresensky
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New York Police Department officers arrest women demonstrating in solidarity with the Russian punk band Pussy Riot in front of the Russian Consulate, in New York August 17, 2012. Three women from Russian punk band Pussy Riot were sentenced to two years in jail on Friday for their protest against President Vladimir Putin in a church, an outcome supporters described as the Kremlin leader's "personal revenge". REUTERS/Lucas Jackson
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New York Police Department officers arrest a woman demonstrating in solidarity with the Russian punk band Pussy Riot in front of the Russian Consulate, in New York August 17, 2012. Three women from Russian punk band Pussy Riot were sentenced to two years in jail on Friday for their protest against President Vladimir Putin in a church, an outcome supporters described as the Kremlin leader's "personal revenge". REUTERS/Lucas Jackson
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A woman reaches down to adjust a child's mask while demonstrating in solidarity with the Russian punk band Pussy Riot in front of the Russian Consulate, in New York August 17, 2012. Three women from Russian punk band Pussy Riot were sentenced to two years in jail on Friday for their protest against President Vladimir Putin in a church, an outcome supporters described as the Kremlin leader's "personal revenge". REUTERS/Lucas Jackson
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Women sing and play guitars while demonstrating in solidarity with the Russian punk band Pussy Riot in front of the Russian Consulate, in New York August 17, 2012. Three women from Russian punk band Pussy Riot were sentenced to two years in jail on Friday for their protest against President Vladimir Putin in a church, an outcome supporters described as the Kremlin leader's "personal revenge". REUTERS/Lucas Jackson
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Women sing and play guitars while demonstrating in solidarity with the Russian punk band Pussy Riot in front of the Russian Consulate, in New York August 17, 2012. Three women from Russian punk band Pussy Riot were sentenced to two years in jail on Friday for their protest against President Vladimir Putin in a church, an outcome supporters described as the Kremlin leader's "personal revenge". REUTERS/Lucas Jackson
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The child of a demonstrator wears a mask as he stands next to a sign during a protest to show solidarity with the Russian punk band Pussy Riot, in New York August 17, 2012. Three women from Russian punk band Pussy Riot were sentenced to two years in jail on Friday for their protest against President Vladimir Putin in a church, an outcome supporters described as the Kremlin leader's "personal revenge". REUTERS/Lucas Jackson
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A policeman chases a supporter of the female punk band "Pussy Riot" jailed members while climbing on a fence enclosing the Turkish embassy near a court building in Moscow, August 17, 2012. Three women from Russian punk band Pussy Riot were sentenced to two years in jail on Friday for their protest against President Vladimir Putin in a church, an outcome supporters described as the Kremlin leader's "personal revenge". REUTERS/Mikhail Voskresensky
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A woman sings while playing a guitar plays as she demonstrates in solidarity with the Russian punk band Pussy Riot in front of the Russian Consulate, in New York August 17, 2012. Three women from Russian punk band Pussy Riot were sentenced to two years in jail on Friday for their protest against President Vladimir Putin in a church, an outcome supporters described as the Kremlin leader's "personal revenge". REUTERS/Lucas Jackson
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A demonstrator holds a sign as she stands to show solidarity with the Russian punk band Pussy Riot, in New York August 17, 2012. Three women from Russian punk band Pussy Riot were sentenced to two years in jail on Friday for their protest against President Vladimir Putin in a church, an outcome supporters described as the Kremlin leader's "personal revenge". REUTERS/Lucas Jackson
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New York Police Department officers arrest a man demonstrating in solidarity with the Russian punk band Pussy Riot in front of the Russian Consulate in New York August 17, 2012. Three women from Russian punk band Pussy Riot were sentenced to two years in jail on Friday for their protest against President Vladimir Putin in a church, an outcome supporters described as the Kremlin leader's "personal revenge". REUTERS/Lucas Jackson
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New York Police Department officers arrest a woman demonstrating in solidarity with the Russian punk band Pussy Riot in front of the Russian Consulate, in New York August 17, 2012. Three women from Russian punk band Pussy Riot were sentenced to two years in jail on Friday for their protest against President Vladimir Putin in a church, an outcome supporters described as the Kremlin leader's "personal revenge". REUTERS/Lucas Jackson
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Demonstrators run down 5th Avenue with signs during a demonstration to show solidarity with the Russian punk band Pussy Riot in New York August 17, 2012. Three women from Russian punk band Pussy Riot were sentenced to two years in jail on Friday for their protest against President Vladimir Putin in a church, an outcome supporters described as the Kremlin leader's "personal revenge". REUTERS/Lucas Jackson
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A supporter of the female punk band "Pussy Riot" holds a masked toy near a court building in Moscow, August 17, 2012. A judge sentenced three women who staged an anti-Kremlin protest on the altar of Moscow's main Russian Orthodox church to two years in jail on Friday in a trial seen as test of President Vladimir Putin's tolerance of dissent. REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov
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Supporters of the female punk band "Pussy Riot" gather near a court building in Moscow, August 17, 2012. A judge sentenced three women who staged an anti-Kremlin protest on the altar of Moscow's main Russian Orthodox church to two years in jail on Friday in a trial seen as test of President Vladimir Putin's tolerance of dissent. REUTERS/Sergei Karpukhin
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A supporter of the female punk band "Pussy Riot" attends a gathering outside the Russian embassy in Kiev, August 17, 2012. Three members of a feminist punk band were found guilty on Friday of hooliganism motivated by religious hatred for staging an anti-Kremlin protest in a church, in a case that supporters say put President Vladimir Putin's tolerance of dissent on trial. REUTERS/Anatolii Stepanov
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Protestors gather outside the Russian Consulate General building during a demonstration of support for the female Russian female punk band Pussy Riot in Edinburgh, Scotland August 17, 2012. A Russian judge found three women from the punk band Pussy Riot guilty of hooliganism motivated by religious hatred on Friday for staging an anti-Kremlin protest on the altar of Moscow's main Russian Orthodox church. REUTERS/David Moir
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Banners depicting Russian President Vladimir Putin are seen through a mask during a protest in support of members of the female punk band Pussy Riot in front of the Russian delegation to the European Union in Brussels August 17, 2012. A Russian judge on Friday found three women from the punk band Pussy Riot guilty of hooliganism motivated by religious hatred for staging an anti-Kremlin protest on the altar of Moscow's main cathedral. REUTERS/Francois Lenoir
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A woman plays drums during a rally, in support of Russian punk band Pussy Riot, in Sydney August 17, 2012. A Russian judge delivers a verdict on Friday against three members of the Pussy Riot punk band whose trial for staging an anti-Kremlin protest in a church has provoked an international outcry against President Vladimir Putin. REUTERS/Daniel Munoz
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An activist from women's rights group Femen uses a chainsaw to cut down a Christian cross, erected in memory of victims of political repressions under the Soviet dictator Josef Stalin regime, near the Oktyabrsky Palace in central Kiev, August 17, 2012. Activists organized the demonstration to support jailed members of the female punk band Pussy Riot, according to participants. REUTERS/Anatolii Stepanov
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Demonstrators attend a protest support of the Russian punk group Pussy Riot in Milan, Italy, Friday Aug. 17, 2012. Three members of Pussy Riot were jailed in March and charged with hooliganism motivated by religious hatred after their punk performance against President Putin in Moscow’s main cathedral. Russian court sentences Pussy Riot members to 2 years in prison each. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)
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An Orthodox believer, right, pulls at a poster held by a demonstrator, whose spectacles have been knocked from his head, standing in a picket in support of the Russian punk group Pussy Riot whose members face prison for a stunt against President Vladimir Putin, in front of the Savior of Spilled Blood Cathedral in St.Petersburg, Russia, Friday, Aug. 17, 2012. A Moscow judge has sentenced each of three members of the provocative punk band Pussy Riot to two years in prison on hooliganism charges following a trial that has drawn international outrage as an emblem of Russia's intolerance to dissent. ( AP Photo/Dmitry Lovetsky)
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Protesters wear balaclavas and colorful dresses, in the style of the Russian punk band Pussy Riot, outside the Russian embassy in Berlin August 9, 2012. Members of Germany's Green Party, accompanied by three women dressed in the style of Pussy Riot, handed over to embassy staff a letter of solidarity for the imprisoned members of the controversial punk band, demanding their immediate release. REUTERS/Thomas Peter
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An unidentified supporter of Pussy Riot is detained by police outside the Christ the Saviour Cathedral in Moscow, Wednesday, Aug. 15, 2012. The global campaign to free Pussy Riot is gaining speed: Supporters of the punk provocateur band mobilize this week in at least a two dozen cities worldwide to hold simultaneous demonstrations an hour before a Russian court rules on whether its members will be sent to prison. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)
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Opposition activist Mikhail Kriger distributes leaflet with 'Freedom for Pussy Riot!' during an unsanctioned opposition rally in Moscow, Russia, Friday, Aug. 10, 2012. Kriger was detained by Russian police. Prosecutors on Tuesday called for three-year prison sentences for feminist punk rockers who gave an impromptu performance in Moscow's main cathedral to call for an end to Vladimir Putin's rule, in a case that has caused international outrage and split Russian society. (AP Photo/Mikhail Metzel)
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Background actors wearing masks perform during the recording of a music video of Canadian musician and performance artist Peaches in support of members of the feminist punk group Pussy Riot in Berlin, Germany, Wednesday, Aug. 8, 2012. Prosecutors in Russia on Tuesday called for three-year prison sentences for feminist punk rockers who gave an impromptu performance in Moscow's main cathedral to call for an end to Vladimir Putin's rule, in a case that has caused international outrage and split Russian society. (AP Photo/dapd/Adam Berry)
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Nadezhda Tolokonnikova, foreground, a member of feminist punk group Pussy Riot greets her supporters as she is escorted to a court room in Moscow, Russia, Wednesday, Aug. 8, 2012. Prosecutors on Tuesday called for three-year prison sentences for feminist punk rockers who gave an impromptu performance in Moscow's main cathedral to call for an end to Vladimir Putin's rule, in a case that has caused international outrage and split Russian society.(AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)
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Russian police officers detain opposition activist Mikhail Kriger during an unsanctioned opposition rally in Moscow, Russia, Friday, Aug. 10, 2012. Kriger was detained after he tried to distribute a leaflet with sign 'Freedom for Pussy Riot!'. Prosecutors on Tuesday called for three-year prison sentences for feminist punk rockers who gave an impromptu performance in Moscow's main cathedral to call for an end to Vladimir Putin's rule, in a case that has caused international outrage and split Russian society. (AP Photo/Mikhail Metzel)
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Canadian musician and performance artist Peaches, left, talks to actors wearing masks during the recording of a video of in support of members of the feminist punk group Pussy Riot in Berlin, Germany, Wednesday, Aug. 8, 2012. Prosecutors in Russia on Tuesday called for three-year prison sentences for feminist punk rockers who gave an impromptu performance in Moscow's main cathedral to call for an end to Vladimir Putin's rule, in a case that has caused international outrage and split Russian society. (AP Photo/dapd/Adam Berry)
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In this image taken from TV, three men in balaclava's light flares on the balcony of a building shouting: "Freedom to Pussy Riot!" in support of members of the feminist punk group Pussy Riot during their appearance in a court room in Moscow, Russia, Friday, Aug. 3, 2012. Three protesters climbed onto the balcony of a building near the Moscow courthouse where the members of Pussy Riot are undergoing trial for the fifth day. Russia's President Vladimir Putin on Thursday criticized the feminist punk rockers facing trial for performing a "punk prayer" against him at Moscow's main cathedral, but said that a punishment for them shouldn't be too severe. (AP Photo/APTN)
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A man walks past a graffitti in support of a punk music band "Pussy Riot" in central Moscow on August 12, 2012. Prosecutors want the three to be sentenced to three years in a corrective labour facility on charges of hooliganism motivated by religious hatred after they performed a "punk prayer" against Russian president in Moscow's largest church. A judge will start reading a verdict on August 17. AFP PHOTO / ANDREY SMIRNOV/AFP/GettyImages
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Members of the band "Brenda" perform in a dirt lot across the street from the Russian Embassy in Washington on August 10, 2012, in a solidarity concert for the Russian punk rock group Pussy Riot. Three members of the female band Pussy Riot are currently on trial in Russia and face a three-year sentence with the possibility of hard labor for performing a protest song in a Moscow cathedral last February. Band members in Brenda and other bands wore the face coverings to emphasize their support of Riot Pussy. AFP PHOTO/Paul J. Richards/AFP/GettyImages
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A member of Russian female punk group Pussy Riot who is still at large takes a break after an interview with Reuters journalists in Moscow August 13, 2012. A court will deliver a verdict on Friday in the case of three members of the band who are accused of hooliganism after a performance in Moscow's main cathedral. Picture taken August 13, 2012. REUTERS/William Webster
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A member of Russian female punk group Pussy Riot who is still at large adjusts her mask after an interview with Reuters journalists in Moscow August 13, 2012. A court will deliver a verdict on Friday in the case of three members of the band who are accused of hooliganism after a performance in Moscow's main cathedral. Picture taken August 13, 2012. REUTERS/William Webster
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A member of Russian female punk group Pussy Riot who is still at large speaks to Reuters journalists during an interview in Moscow August 13, 2012. A court will deliver a verdict on Friday in the case of three members of the band who are accused of hooliganism after a performance in Moscow's main cathedral. Picture taken August 13, 2012. REUTERS/William Webster
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Members of Russian female punk group Pussy Riot who are still at large, wait before an interview with Reuters journalists in Moscow August 13, 2012. A court will deliver a verdict on Friday in the case of three members of the band who are accused of hooliganism after a performance in Moscow's main cathedral. Picture taken August 13. REUTERS/William Webster
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Masked female activists demonstrate in support of members of the feminist punk group Pussy Riot in front of the Russian Embassy in Berlin, Germany, Thursday Aug. 9, 2012. Prosecutors in Russia on Tuesday called for three-year prison sentences for feminist punk rockers who gave an impromptu performance in Moscow's main cathedral to call for an end to Vladimir Putin's rule, in a case that has caused international outrage and split Russian society. (AP Photo/dapd/Oliver Lang)
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Russian police officers detain a masked supporter of members of feminist punk group Pussy Riot in Moscow, Russia, Friday, Aug. 3, 2012. Russia's President Vladimir Putin on Thursday criticized the feminist punk rockers facing trial for performing a "punk prayer" against him at Moscow's main cathedral, but said that a punishment for them shouldn't be too severe. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)
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Artist Alexei Iorsh works on his creation, dedicated to members of female punk band "Pussy Riot", during the exhibition called "Art at the barricades: Pussy Riot, Bus Show and protest art-activism" in Moscow August 10, 2012. Members of the Pussy Riot punk band likened themselves to Soviet-era dissidents on August 8, saying their trial for performing an anti-Kremlin stunt on a cathedral altar was unjust, but that nobody could take away their inner freedom. REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov
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Members of Russian female punk group Pussy Riot who are still at large speak to Reuters journalists during an interview in Moscow August 13, 2012. A court will deliver a verdict on Friday in the case of three members of the band who are accused of hooliganism after a performance in Moscow's main cathedral. Picture taken August 13. REUTERS/William Webster
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A protester holds a placard of pictures of people wearing balaclavas, in the style of the Russian punk band Pussy Riot, outside the Russian embassy in Berlin, August 9, 2012. Members of Germany's Green Party, accompanied by three women dressed in the style of Pussy Riot, handed over to embassy staff a letter of solidarity for the imprisoned members of the controversial punk band, demanding their immediate release. REUTERS/Thomas Peter
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A protester wears a balaclava, in the style of the Russian punk band Pussy Riot, outside the Russian embassy in Berlin August 9, 2012. Members of Germany's Green Party, accompanied by three women dressed in the style of Pussy Riot, handed over to embassy staff a letter of solidarity for the imprisoned members of the controversial punk band, demanding their immediate release. REUTERS/Thomas Peter
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Protesters wear balaclavas and colorful dresses in the style of the Russian punk band Pussy Riot outside the Russian embassy in Berlin, August 9, 2012. Members of Germany's Green Party, accompanied by three women dressed in the style of Pussy Riot, handed over to embassy staff a letter of solidarity for the imprisoned members of the controversial punk band, demanding their immediate release. REUTERS/Thomas Peter
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Nadezhda Tolokonnikova, a member of the female punk band "Pussy Riot", waves from a police van after a court hearing in Moscow August 8, 2012. A state prosecutor on Tuesday demanded a three-year jail term for three women from punk band Pussy Riot, saying they had abused God when they burst into a Moscow cathedral and sang a "protest prayer" against the Russian Orthodox Church's close links to Vladimir Putin. REUTERS/Sergei Karpukhin
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A supporter of the female punk band "Pussy Riot" is detained by police outside a court in Moscow August 8, 2012. A state prosecutor on Tuesday demanded a three-year jail term for three women from punk band Pussy Riot, saying they had abused God when they burst into a Moscow cathedral and sang a "protest prayer" against the Russian Orthodox Church's close links to Vladimir Putin. REUTERS/Sergei Karpukhin
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Maria Alyokhina, member of female punk band "Pussy Riot", sits in the defendant's cell before a court hearing in Moscow August 8, 2012. A state prosecutor on Tuesday demanded a three-year jail term for three women from punk band Pussy Riot, saying they had abused God when they burst into a Moscow cathedral and sang a "protest prayer" against the Russian Orthodox Church's close links to Vladimir Putin. REUTERS/Sergei Karpukhin
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Nadezhda Tolokonnikova (3rd L), Yekaterina Samutsevich (3rd R) and Maria Alyokhina (R), members of female punk band "Pussy Riot", are escorted by police before a court hearing in Moscow August 8, 2012. A state prosecutor on Tuesday demanded a three-year jail term for three women from punk band Pussy Riot, saying they had abused God when they burst into a Moscow cathedral and sang a "protest prayer" against the Russian Orthodox Church's close links to Vladimir Putin. REUTERS/Sergei Karpukhin
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Supporters stand near the street holding a sign as embers of the band "Brenda" perform in a dirt lot across the street from the Russian Embassy in Washington on August 10, 2012 in a solidarity concert for the Russian punk rock group Pussy Riot. Three members of the female band Pussy Riot are currently on trial in Russia and face a three-year sentence with the possibility of hard labor for performing a protest song in a Moscow cathedral last February. AFP PHOTO/Paul J. Richards/AFP/GettyImages
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Feminist punk group Pussy Riot members, from left, Nadezhda Tolokonnikova, Maria Alekhina and Yekaterina Samutsevich sit in a glass cage at a court room in Moscow, Russia, Wednesday, Aug. 8, 2012. Prosecutors on Tuesday called for three-year prison sentences for feminist punk rockers who gave an impromptu performance in Moscow's main cathedral to call for an end to Vladimir Putin's rule, in a case that has caused international outrage and split Russian society.(AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)
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An unidentified supporter of Pussy Riot speaks to the assembled press outside the Christ the Saviour Cathedral, in Moscow, Wednesday, Aug. 15, 2012. The global campaign to free Pussy Riot is gaining speed: Supporters of the punk provocateur band mobilize this week in at least a two dozen cities worldwide to hold simultaneous demonstrations an hour before a Russian court rules on whether its members will be sent to prison. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)
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Protesters wear balaclavas and colourful dresses in the style of the Russian punk band Pussy Riot outside the Russian embassy in Berlin, August 9, 2012. Members of Germany's Green Party, accompanied by three women dressed in the style of Pussy Riot, handed over to embassy staff a letter of solidarity for the imprisoned members of the controversial punk band, demanding their immediate release. REUTERS/Thomas Peter
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Members of Russian female punk group Pussy Riot who are still at large, wait before an interview with Reuters journalists in Moscow August 13, 2012. A court will deliver a verdict on Friday in the case of three members of the band who are accused of hooliganism after a performance in Moscow's main cathedral. Picture taken August 13. REUTERS/William Webster
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A supporter of female punk group Pussy Riot is detained by security guards during a protest on the steps of the Cathedral of Christ the Saviour in Moscow August 15, 2012. Security guards scuffled with masked protesters who demonstrated outside Moscow's main cathedral on Wednesday in support of three members of the Pussy Riot punk band who are on trial for staging an irreverent protest at the same church. REUTERS/Evgeny Feldman/Novaya Gazeta
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Background actors show a balloon shaped as a mouth reading "Free Pussy Riot" during the recording of a music video of Canadian musician and performance artist Peaches in support of members of the feminist punk group Pussy Riot in Berlin, Germany, Wednesday, Aug. 8, 2012. Prosecutors in Russia on Tuesday called for three-year prison sentences for feminist punk rockers who gave an impromptu performance in Moscow's main cathedral to call for an end to Vladimir Putin's rule, in a case that has caused international outrage and split Russian society. (AP Photo/dapd/Adam Berry)
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A member of Russian female punk group Pussy Riot who is still at large drinks coffee after an interview with Reuters journalists in Moscow August 13, 2012. A court will deliver a verdict on Friday in the case of three members of the band who are accused of hooliganism after a performance in Moscow's main cathedral. Picture taken August 13, 2012. REUTERS/William Webster
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Masked female activists demonstrate in support of members of the feminist punk group Pussy Riot in front of the Russian Embassy in Berlin, Germany, Thursday Aug. 9, 2012. Prosecutors in Russia on Tuesday called for three-year prison sentences for feminist punk rockers who gave an impromptu performance in Moscow's main cathedral to call for an end to Vladimir Putin's rule, in a case that has caused international outrage and split Russian society. (AP Photo/dapd/Oliver Lang)
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Nadezhda Tolokonnikova (L) and Maria Alyokhina, members of female punk band "Pussy Riot", look out from the defendent's cell in a courtroom in Moscow July 30, 2012. Three young women who staged an irreverent punk-rock protest against Vladimir Putin on the altar of Russia's main cathedral go on trial on Monday in a case seen as a test of the president's tolerance of dissent. REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov
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Background actors wearing masks perform during the recording of a music video of Canadian musician and performance artist Peaches in support of members of the feminist punk group Pussy Riot in Berlin, Germany, Wednesday, Aug. 8, 2012. Prosecutors in Russia on Tuesday called for three-year prison sentences for feminist punk rockers who gave an impromptu performance in Moscow's main cathedral to call for an end to Vladimir Putin's rule, in a case that has caused international outrage and split Russian society. (AP Photo/dapd/Adam Berry)
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Feminist punk group Pussy Riot members, from left, Nadezhda Tolokonnikova, Maria Alekhina and Yekaterina Samutsevich sit in a glass cage at a court room in Moscow, Russia, Wednesday, Aug. 8, 2012. Prosecutors on Tuesday called for three-year prison sentences for feminist punk rockers who gave an impromptu performance in Moscow's main cathedral to call for an end to Vladimir Putin's rule, in a case that has caused international outrage and split Russian society.(AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)
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Members of Russian female punk group Pussy Riot who are still at large, wait before an interview with Reuters journalists in Moscow August 13, 2012. A court will deliver a verdict on Friday in the case of three members of the band who are accused of hooliganism after a performance in Moscow's main cathedral. Picture taken August 13. REUTERS/William Webster