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Russia's Tough Treason Law Now in Effect

Putin promised to review bill 2 days ago, signed it instead

(Newser) - An ever-benevolent Vladimir Putin listened to fears surrounding a vaguely worded treason bill on Monday, ultimately promising to proceed with caution and "return to this again, to look more attentively." The next day, he just signed it, reports Reuters . The ruling expands the definition of treason to include...

Kremlin Insists: Putin Not Hurt During Bird Flight

But he did pull a muscle...

(Newser) - Breaking news out of Russia: Vladimir Putin pulled a muscle. But the Kremlin insists it didn't happen while flying with birds. Putin, as you'll remember, took to the skies last month, leading a flock of endangered Siberian cranes to their winter feeding grounds. Rumors about the president's...

Pussy Riot Members Sent to Prison Colonies

Russia sends remaining 2 members hundreds of miles from capital

(Newser) - A lawyer for the two jailed Pussy Riot band members says they have been transferred to prison colonies hundreds of miles from Moscow to serve their sentences. Mark Feygin said today that Maria Alekhina and Nadezhda Tolokonnikova were transferred over the weekend from the Moscow prison where they were kept...

Russia Court Frees 1 Member of Pussy Riot

Two others still facing 2-year sentence are defiant at appeal hearing

(Newser) - A trio of judges has freed one of the three members of the Russian activist punk rock group Pussy Riot, while the other two still face up to two years in prison following their raucous anti-Putin protest at the altar of Moscow's main cathedral, reports the BBC . The bandmates...

Russian Church: OK, Free Pussy Riot

If they repent for their 'punk prayer'

(Newser) - The Russian Orthodox Church is again getting in on the Pussy Riot controversy, today reversing course and urging clemency for the imprisoned punk rockers if they repent for their "punk prayer," reports the AP . The church issued a statement today—a day before the women are set to...

How Putin Channels Stalin

 How Putin 
 Channels  
 Stalin 
OPINION
Sep 22, 2012 10:12 AM CDT

How Putin Channels Stalin

His intervention on behalf of writer plays to Russian tradition: Author

(Newser) - After a Russian editor refused to cover Vladimir Putin's latest goofy stunt and promptly got fired as a result, Putin himself called her to sympathize and pulled strings to get her job back. (She refused, as she recounted in the International Times Herald .) But hey, Putin's gesture...

Russia's Medvedev: Pussy Riot Should Go Free

Prime minister's stance may mean release is near

(Newser) - The members of the Russian punk band Pussy Riot who were thrown in prison could be freed soon after Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev called for their release today, reports AP . The three women were sentenced to two years in prison in August for entering Russia's main cathedral and...

'Free Pussy Riot Fest' Flouts Officials' Warnings

Band's lawyers set for interrogation over earlier protests

(Newser) - St. Petersburg officials warned against it, but supporters of Pussy Riot held a fundraising concert in the band's honor anyway. Some 1,000 people attended the "Free Pussy Riot Fest" in Vladimir Putin's native city, even after firefighters said they'd shut down the hall over safety...

Pussy Riot Burns Putin Photo in Video for MTV

Video thanks Madonna, Green Day, and other supporters

(Newser) - Pussy Riot has released a punchy new video in which three members, dressed in the band's trademark colorful masks, repel down a massive wall adorned with a Pussy Riot banner and then set fire to a portrait of Vladimir Putin. Hanging alongside Putin's image is one of Belarussian...

Putin Explains Why Group Sex Is Great

 Putin Explains Why 
 Group Sex Is Great 
Interview
Sep 6, 2012 10:15 AM CDT

Putin Explains Why Group Sex Is Great

...something about not having to 'hit the ball all the time'

(Newser) - Ladies of Russia, take note: Vladimir Putin might just be into orgies. In an interview with Russia Today , Putin threw out an off-handed comment on the upside of group sex while discussing Pussy Riot, the Telegraph notes. Putin says that Pussy Riot—which he faults for making "everyone say...

It's a Bird! No, It's Putin's Latest Crazy Gambit

Pooty-poot escorts endangered cranes ... dressed like a bird

(Newser) - Vladimir Putin hasn't proven to be the biggest hit with Russians of late, so what's a hockey star / fake archaeologist / shirtless horseman / whale hunter / virgin lover to do? Most politicians might kiss a baby, but Putin opted for the logical alternative: The Russian president...

Pussy Riot: Trial Showed Putin's 'True Face'

Nadezhda Tolokonnikova gives interview, says revolution is still the goal

(Newser) - Nadezhda Tolokonnikova may be cooling her heels in a Russian prison for the next two years , but the member of Pussy Riot is still bashing Vladimir Putin and says she has no regrets, if only because "the trial against us was important because it showed the true face of...

Putin Calls for Stalinesque 'Leap Forward'

Without mentioning the dictator by name

(Newser) - It's probably a safe bet that plenty of Russians did a double-take yesterday when Vladimir Putin said the country needed another "leap forward" in industry and defense. It's an unmistakable echo of Stalin's "great leap forward," though Putin didn't mention the dictator by...

Ukraine Court Upholds Tymoshenko Verdict

Cries of 'Shame!' greet verdict supporters say is politically motivated

(Newser) - Ukraine's highest court today upheld the guilty verdict against former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko, who is in jail on abuse of office charges. Tymoshenko, an architect of Ukraine's 2004 Orange Revolution that promoted democracy, was sentenced to seven years in prison last October, when she was found guilty...

Inside Putin&#39;s Luxe Life
 Inside Putin's Luxe Life 
Aug 28, 2012 4:40 PM CDT

Inside Putin's Luxe Life

Opposition leader details his perks

(Newser) - Vladimir Putin cultivates the image of a down-to-earth, if multi-talented , guy with simple tastes. He once likened his job as president of Russia to being a "galley slave." Which is why an opposition leader today released a report detailing all the perks of office this particular galley slave...

2 Members of Pussy Riot Flee Russia

Duo likely escaped to country without extradition agreement

(Newser) - With Russian cops hot on their heels , two members of Pussy Riot who had thus far escaped conviction have now also escaped the country, reports the Christian Science Monitor . "Two of our members have successfully fled the country! They are recruiting foreign feminists to prepare new actions!," tweeted...

Putin Goofed on Pussy Riot

 Putin Goofed 
 on Pussy Riot 
opinion roundup
Aug 18, 2012 3:45 PM CDT

Putin Goofed on Pussy Riot

Russia's president is inviting 'war and blood': journalist

(Newser) - The 2-year prison sentence given to Russian punk band Pussy Riot yesterday has sparked angry commentary from Western observers. Among the reactions:

Pussy Riot Releases New Song
 Pussy Riot Releases New Song 
Aug 17, 2012 11:27 AM CDT

Pussy Riot Releases New Song

It's called 'Putin Lights Up the Fires'

(Newser) - Pussy Riot's two-year sentence for "hooliganism" in Russia puts them squarely in the music world's spotlight today, and the group is taking advantage with the release of a new single. The Guardian has compiled a montage video of the trio and their supporters to accompany it. The...

Pussy Riot Found Guilty
 Pussy Riot Guilty, Gets 2 Years 
UPDATED
Aug 17, 2012 9:07 AM CDT

Pussy Riot Guilty, Gets 2 Years

Judge finds three band members guilty of hooliganism

(Newser) - A Russian judge today found three members of punk band Pussy Riot guilty of hooliganism driven by "religious hatred and enmity" and sentenced them to two years in prison, Reuters reports. Prosecutors had been seeking three years. The three were arrested in March after performing an anti-Putin "punk...

Pussy Riot Member Speaks Out as Verdict Looms

She slams repression in Putin's Russia

(Newser) - As the members of punk band Pussy Riot await a verdict that could send them to a labor camp for three years, one of them warns that their trial is a sign of repression in Vladimir Putin's Russia, reports the Guardian . "Our being in jail is a clear...

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