(from Rueters 8/26; reporting by Gabriela Baczynska, editing by Tim Pearce; via Drudge Report.)
Two members of Russia's anti-Kremlin punk band Pussy Riot have fled the country to avoid prosecution for staging a protest against President Vladimir Putin at a church altar, the band said on Sunday.
A Moscow court sentenced three members of the all-female opposition band to two years in prison on August 17 for staging a "punk prayer" at the Christ the Saviour Cathedral in February and calling on the Virgin Mary to rid Russia of Putin.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/08/26/us-russia-pussyriot-idUSBRE87P03O20120826
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