Punk band trial test of Russian tolerance

2012-07-30 95

Three young women, who made a punk-rock protest video against president Vladimir Putin in Russia's main cathedral, go on trial today in Moscow.

The trial of the band Pussy Riot is being seen as a test of Putin's tolerance of dissent and of the power of the resurgent Russian Orthodox Church.

The case has divided opinion in Russia and is being watched closely in the West.

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