christ the savior cathedral is the main room of the. state. maybe that's part of the video was also shot in the body of the feed. it was good to see if you want to you know bring about. it with an insult. to incite hatred and enmity. against you believe. you might and maybe. he claims moral damage. if you did and you think that based on these testimony. it individually to confirm this testimony. wouldn't change anything so in his testimony. he north dogs receiver expanse in ceremonies and. follows the rules that. he has clerical education he wants to become a priest is a member of the staff of the christ the savior cathedral most of all to see on the twenty first of february he. came to his work and certain to do is usual. things. but about eleven twenty. shouting we were in hell for his store for women in front of the altar shouting. jerking around stuart dressed in the right. woman. and he saw other people standing there and taking pictures she was jealous of was shocked. when he could use it to the saudi or to the unborn he decided to stop

virgin mary but it was heard all around the world to see why this performance of the christ the savior cathedral outraged some invigorated others and left almost no one indifferent along with the page her garage who condemned the flash mob thousands of orthodox believers especially of the radical kind we're just short of demanding the women be burned at stake the whole question . it was blasphemy desecration of a church it was sacrilege i think they belong to some sect which conducts the tanach rituals they use. but their supporters see them differently to the defendants their lawyers and hundreds of supporters to dancing and singing was an artistic way to express the women's disagreement with the government particularly with president putin that's why they say the women ended up on trial and on trend. madonna the red hot chili peppers sting franz ferdinand just some of the celebrities who have voiced their support for punk collective despite a very limited number of seats inside the court house even a member of british parliament managed to get in to observe and make her own judgment of the sta

jail sentence saying that the girls have severely offended those who were at the christ the savior cathedral at the moment of their performance now descends and the defendants are saying that that was not the point that there was absolutely no evolutionist context in their song and in their performance they're saying that their action in christ the savior cathedral was purely politically motivated and that should be kept in mind they have also said that if indeed if they are being in fact to try to for making a political statement that it's a somewhat of a. type of a situation it and it does look like russia is a turning back towards the soviet times and the child has attacked is a lot of attention not just in russia but worldwide there were even and there was even a member of british parliament hasn't shared the court session on monday but of course it wasn't just the politicians who have been paying close attention to the pussy riot trial here's artie's killer all over with more details it's the trial that's gripped global attention three members of the. pussy riot of hooliganism after tak

jail sentence saying that the girls have severely offended those who were at the christ the savior cathedral at the moment of their performance the now defense and the defendants are saying that that was not the point that there was absolutely no religious context in their song and in their performance they're saying that their action in christ the savior cathedral was purely politically motivated and that should be kept in mind they have also said that if indeed if they are being in fact to try it for and making a political statement that it's a somewhat of a make deal well. type of situation it and it does look like russia is a turning back towards the soviet times being a trial has attacked as a lot of attention not just in russia but worldwide and there was even a member of the british parliament present here at the court session on monday and of course a lot of even now prominent singers songwriters and performers have also shown interest in this case and more detail is right here from parties peter all over. the trial that's gripped global attention three members of the punk rock colle

several dozen masked demonstrators gathered in front of the christ the savior cathedral holding placards that said "blessed are the merciful." 3 members were recently arrested after staging a protest on the churches altar. they could face up to three years in prison. >> time now to tango. buenos aires is the home of the popular dance. it begins its annual tango festival. >> i have my shoes on, steve. the event brought some of the world's best dancers out. >> the tango has seen a major revival since it was given a world cultural heritage status by unesco. >> tango enthusiasts from all over the world have converged on buenos aires. there is passion and seriousness, but also a lot of fun. [applause] >> every year, it gets bigger and better. it is good that people know about the championship and come and see the dancers. the old ones, the new ones, and those who want to learn. >> as well as the traditional kind of 10 go that is seen in dance halls, -- kind of tango that is seen in dance halls, there is also show tango. it is highly acrobatic. with traditional tango, it is the fancy footwork

february they burst into moscow's christ the savior cathedral in ski masks and belted out a protest song calling on the the virgin mary to throw president putin out of office. he has close ties to the orthodox church. opposition leaders say the russian president is cracking down on dissent and free speech. celebrities including paul mccartney and ma madonna have called for them to be fred. protests have sprung up in london, moscow and 50 other cities around the world. most demonstrators are dressing like the band members. >> they were put in jail for speaking their minds. that is what art and music is about, expressing how you feel. you shouldn't be going to jail for doing that. >> reporter: here in new york protesters came to get their message out. originally they were over at the russian consulate but police forced them back over here across the street. >> we're not allowed to gather on the sidewalk right now. i'm not allowing to wear a mask. >> reporter: the women say they were not motivated by hate but protesting close ties between church and the russian state. they've already been j

in february the women burst cantu the christ the savior cathedral in ski masks and belted out a protestong, calling on the virgin mary to throw president vladimir putin ad of office. he has close ties to the orthodox church, opposition leaders say the russian president is cracking down on dissent and free-speech. celebrities including paul mccartney, madonna, have called for the band members to be freed. protests have sprung up in moscow, london, and nearly 50 other cities around the world. most demonstrators are dressing like band members. >> pick up in jail for speaking their minds and that is what music is about, expressing your feelings, you should not go to jail for that. >> in new york protesters can to get their message out, originally were over there at the mexican consulate but police force them all across the street. >> we have a sense of fear, we're not allowed to gather on the sidewalk, and i'm not allowed to wear a mask. >> the women say they were not motivated by hate but protesting close ties between church and the russian state, they have already been jailed for five mon

on the virgin mary to raise rusher of law to me a putin the fact that they chose christ the savior cathedral the most important cathedral in russia was done in order to increase the effect that the insults would have in backing up the decision that their actions were based upon religious hatred the judge cited hard drives and computers and files that were found on those in which they apparently show the three women amongst others. rehearsing and preparing for the the the demonstration side the cathedral the evidence gleaned from those hard drives a backed up the prosecution's claim that the the women were motivated by a hatred of the orthodox church now in terms of what's been going on outside the courtroom here we've seen huge groups of people gathered throughout the day both in support of pussy riot unopposed to pussy riot and heated debate has continued to do flare up throughout they in fact you can hear people right now just over to my right the chance of free pussy riot. actually resource several police officers coming out of the crowd wiping their eyes and grasping at bottles of water

in february, the defendants and other band members stormed moscow's christ the savior cathedral and performed song asking the virgin mary to drive putin out. the women say they were protesting against putin's ties with the church and had not meant to offend believers. their supporters demonstrated outside the court room, shouting "freedom" and "russia without putin." >> i do not understand the point of this trial at all. >> an opposition activist and former world chess player, gary kasparov, wa sthere. -- was there. shortly afterward, he was arrested along with several other leading opposition members. the band's supporters say the trial was politically motivated and that the verdict was dictated by the kremlin. >> german chancellor angela merkel said today that politically active citizens are not a threat to russia. that is a direct indictment of what many say is the kremlin pose a growing intolerance of political dissent. i spoke with the german government's human rights commissioner, and i asked him for his read on the guilty verdict. >> i believe this is a completely inadequate sentence.

russian president that's why they staged this protest inside the iconic landmark of the cathedral of jesus christ the savior they say they did not mean to offend any christian believers although the witnesses who were at the cathedral at the time on february twenty first say that the members of pussy riot were offensive aggressive and willing to stop their protest prayer others saying that the act was a blasphemous violation of public order and insulting to orthodox believe it was so there we have it the members of the or girl punk band pussy riot now sentenced to two years in prison and the court proceedings here now wrapping up these are live pictures from the central moscow court live pictures on r.t. . it's now approaching a ten minutes past the hour here in the russian capital julian assange just now officially a political refugee but seems no closer to getting out of the ecuadorian embassy in london than before the asylum announcement britain made it clear the deal did not affect his determination to arrest there was a blow and extradite him to sweden in clear defiance of international law artie's lau

land an even bigger jail another mock prayer the pussy riot has performed in the christ the savior cathedral in february it wasn't the first time the group of try to court controversy as part of the art of group of which translates from russian as war tolokonnikova participated in one of the group performances all in the moscow's biology museum just four days before she gave birth and you can somewhat of it is said to be the woman seen in this video performing a sex act with an chicken in a supermarket a modern mccauley a russian specialist at the university of london believes it's a first for publicity and not political motives they did something very very daring it all but produced at the wanted to make themselves famous if you like and are therefore therefore decided to go into the main cathedral. and they achieved their goal of being becoming really world famous by doing what they did when president putin or prime minister goes abroad the first question will be when are the pushy three going to be released you know why or why you put them in prison. and when they are released. they will

was absolutely no religious context to their song or to their performance in the christ the savior cathedral but the entire message and at the stunned were essentially politically motivated that is one of the main reasons why they insist that this entire trial with his back to a political prosecution and harks back to medieval times it is interesting to know that members of pussy riot punk band have also participated in various controversial at times even sexually provocative actions and performances in russia in various cities moscow and st petersburg we can say that that was the right charles has not left anybody indifferent whether in russia or abroad it does look like of course a lot of the support comes from musicians alike they are some of those musicians of course are probably very prominent names for example red hot chili peppers or sting all of whom who have been in moscow performing at various concerts as well as madonna who's also made a performance in moscow just on tuesday she actually had the words pussy riot written on her back during the performance but it's not just the musi

would land big jail terms now the mock prayer the pussy riot has performed in the christ the savior cathedral was not the first time the group has tried to court controversy as part of the our group of why you know one of the convicted women participated in an orgy in moscow's biology museum just four days before she gave birth and another activists try to provoke reactions from police officers by kissing them on the metro mccauley a russian specialist at the university of london police there simply motivated by publicists. out of products. did from the very very daring it all but produced at the wanted to make themselves famous if you like and therefore therefore decided to go into the main cathedral. huge their goal. being becoming really world famous by doing what they did. and when they are released they will in fact travel the world to become famous they have a goal they're really world famous well here at r.t. understandably we've been getting amounts in feedback from all around the world or while we've been covering the pussy riot case here on r.t. public opinion to the story has been

the band took over a pulpit of the christ the savior cathedral for less than a minute, dancing and singing a song, pleading, "virgin mary, drive putin away." they face up to seven years in prison for what their defense says was an expression of political opinion. for "teen kids news," i'm david lee miller, "fox news channel in the classroom." [ camera shutters clicking ] >> did you know that songwriting could start with a single photograph? we learn how music is made through a special program for teens. nicole has the story. >> ♪ if i were music, you'd hear my songs every day ♪ >> ♪ if i were music >> ♪ filling the streets in every way ♪ >> the songs sound like they could be in a broadway musical. >> ♪ i want this to be perfect ♪ it's my n-i-i-ight >> but these lyrics aren't the work of professionals. >> when i wrote my song, i thought it wasn't that good, but when they sang it, it was beautiful. >> ♪ and i wouldn't want to be another girl ♪ >> danika's song "wonderful" is one of many musical acts that originated in the mind of a teen. >> [ groans ] >> "qeianu's blues" is basically about h

riot trial trial the now notorious punk rock band that stage a protest at russia's christ the savior cathedral those of our lads a wiki leaks tweeted quote wiki leaks condemns the attempt to censor r t r t is an important alternative voice in the west archies town bar and has the story if you tried to go to auntie's website today you may well see this message instead of the actual website that's the result of a d.d. o. s. cyber attack which struck many hours ago and has made r.t. dot com on available around the world on twitter the group calling itself until leaks is claiming responsibility for the attack they linked in their tweets to the topics june songe and wiki leaks they also made a joke about the show hosted on r.t. saying that they wanted to see him smoking cigars and drinking whiskey but that they weren't able to because of this attack those and other tweets indicate that they wanted to stop artie's coverage of the granting of diplomatic asylum to the wiki leaks founder by ecuador's embassy in london a d.d. o. s. or distributed denial of service attack is where attackers use remotely

court after three women were sent to see two years in jail for their protest on in christ the savior cathedral but there was also a gathering of those protesting against the antics of the punk band who rallied also drew some prominent opposition leaders and veterans of anti-government protests such as alexina more than sixty people have been detained following warnings from police against breaking public order the case of pussy riot has caused divisions in russian society their supporters say it's politically motivated while their opponents argue they went over the top with their performance the head of the russian church said the pussy riot stunt amounted to blasphemy. right it's dmitri next with the business news so want has that market reaction been to the pussy riot verdict it was a very long verdict after all yeah there was or there was a reaction you know to big guilty to the guilty verdict there was barely any reaction of the market was pretty flat but when the sentence was announced we did see the markets in the final forty five minutes of trading session go down right after as i said

beforehand this one was located in the russian russia's main off the docks cathedral christ savior cathedral this what outraged many offenders we heard from testimony for the course of last week but equally our a should be in those who have called what's transpired politically motivated trial based think at least people shouldn't be facing time in prison that is just and a ministry of crime if anything and that should be replaced by a fine or something else now when it comes to those we've got human rights organizations international musicians who've been increasingly as spoken on this issue most lately though someone who's spoken out has been about i'm a push and russia's president and he called for some degree of leniency when it comes to this trial that's indeed in reference past when the most controversial points of this trial so far because what they're trying to find out at the moment is whether or not what they did back in for. the so-called punk prayer was a criminal offense. whether or not it is a charge of hooliganism which could mean they face up to seven years in prison. now this

potential questioning over their participation in a very controversial stunt at the christ the savior cathedral which you can see behind me that really really stirred international attention now according to a post by the pussy riot group twitter feed it looks like the two women are planning on supposedly recruiting foreigners new options although remains to be seen what that actually means and entails now we have to remember back in august seventeenth three members of the pussy riot punk band were convicted on charges of hooliganism sentenced to two years for their controversial stunt the move really divided opinion here within russia and also raised some serious criticism of the russian government abroad this was a political blizzardy stunt it certainly worked as we've seen another group called famine in ukraine which had cut down and are orthodox cross they're following that action more crosses were actually cut down so regardless of how the pussy riot story plays out it does seem like it is sparking similar action and story is certainly not dying down any time today. jim and demonstrators h

land even bigger jail terms now the mock prayer the pussy riot has performed in the christ the savior cathedral was not the first time the group has a try to court controversy as part of the. one of the convicted women that participated in an orgy in moscow's of biology museum just four days before giving birth a modern recording a russian specialist at the university of london thinks a thirst for publicity and not political motives lies behind chrissy riots fame. did something very daring it all but produced the wanted to make themselves famous if you like and therefore therefore decided to go into the main cathedral. and they achieved their goal of being becoming really world famous by doing what they did. and when they are released. they will in fact travel the world become famous they have a chief their goal they're really world famous. feedback from all around the world what we've been covering the. public opinion to the story has been to say the least some examples. of. this ridiculous case makes me think of the middle ages. have been had this happened in saudi arabia i'm sure it would ha

even bigger jail terms allowed them on prayer the pussy riot has performed in the christ the savior cathedral wasn't the first time the group s. tried to call controversy as part of the our group why and i'm one of the convicted women participated in an orgy in moscow's biology museum just four days before she gave birth and another standard the activists try to provoke a reaction from police officers by kissing them on the metro martin mccully a russian specialist at the university of london believes this simply motivated by publicist and not politics. did from the very very very it's all about produce a thing they want to make themselves famous if you like and therefore therefore decided to go into the main cathedral. the achieved their goal of being becoming really world famous by doing what they did. and when they are released they will in fact travel the world become famous they were achieved their goal they're really world famous now we've understandably been getting a mountain of feedback from around the globe while we've been covering the pussy riot case here in our team public opinio

avoid persecution prosecution for participating and anti an anti stunt essentially at the crisis savior cathedral which you can see right behind me but if you check out the group twitter feed accounts it looks like the two members are actually planning on taking their protests worldwide they tweeted that they will be recruiting foreign feminists for a new protest action those remains to be seen what exactly that will mean and what form this will take we do know that several weeks ago on august seventeenth three members of the post the right group were sentenced to two years in prison for participating in this protest it was an effort to gain publicity they've certainly succeeded as the move has a worldwide condemnation as well as the russian government for the sentencing of the members opposition groups here and russia have claimed that this was some sort of part of a clampdown by the russian government but those members were actually sentenced of charges of hooliganism motivated by religious hatred the identities of the two women weren't released but we do know that there are several people asso

was absolutely no religious context to their song or to their performance in the cries of the savior cathedral but the entire message and of the stunt were essentially politically motivated. that is one of the main reasons why they insist that this entire trial someone somewhat hints back to a political prosecution and harks back to medieval times to something which they have brought up several times throughout the trial now we do expect the court proceedings to start shortly today of the supporters of the punk group are already gathering outside the courthouse today though they still have about two hours of weight. a head of them the streets has been cordoned off the security has been tightened but exactly when the verdict will be announced is not yet clear of the judge is expected to make that ruling today we're also expecting to hear the final pleas of the defendants as well right well the trial has stirred a lot of debate both in russia and beyond and what more can you tell us about. well it does not look like this trial has left anybody irrelevant or untouched by people are either for the

jail sentence saying that the girls have severely offended the those who were at the christ the savior cathedral at the moment of their performance that they have been there has been a severe psychological damage inflicted upon them now defense and the defendants are saying that that was not the point that there was absolutely no of religious context in their song and in their performance they're saying that their their their action in christ to save or cathedral was purely politically motivated and that should be kept in mind they have also said that if indeed if they are being in fact to try it for making a political statement that it's a somewhat of a medieval type of a situation and it does look like a russia is a turning back towards the soviet times again this is the defense and the defendants saying this now the the entire trial has attracted a lot of attention not just the whole not just that of russians but also for nurse we do know that there was a u.s. diplomat attending at the airports hearing as well as the british and german embassies all of whom seem a seem to have wasted no time

into custody nurses all for that so called punk prayer that took place back in favoring christ savior cathedral we have to bear in mind here this is really the symbolic head of the russian orthodox faith as such fended many of the faithful we've heard from that in this trial so far from those who were there at the time and also those who witnessed this on the internet since even though this is politically motivated stunt aimed against essentially velimir putin is then his potential to be president and we've recently heard from the president himself given his opinion on this trial . moves with the court. decisions. if the band lets the define of the secret police in israel they would have to cope with some tough guys there are difficulties from attempting to leave the country is ready for example they went to the caucuses on the feast a muslim shrine security wouldn't have enough time to protect them from public anger. over them and so i don't think we should judge them too strictly on them i hope they've made some important conclusions themselves and the way the final decision rests with the co

their protests which took place in russia's main cathedral in february of this year the church going on to say that the reason that they picked christ the savior in her opinion was that they wanted to cause the greatest amount of offense which they possibly could which is why they picked the main cathedral in the country and in describing her finding she said that video files had been found on the computers on computers in the hard drives belonging to the women which showed in her findings that they clearly had hatred for the orthodox church now and terms of what's been going on outside of the courtroom here a quite large crowd gathered both pro and. we are already here waiting for that said to be handed down after that guilty verdict. at the moment it's more. pro pussy riot the have been shouts of free pussy riot going up every now and again . they have also been some people taken away and arrested now there were some opposition figures here among them election of on the the anti corruption blogger and opposition leader among some of those they were among some of those arrested around twenty people taken away the police have now cleared the r

the connection between church and state in russia and described the significance of christ the savior cathedralhere the pussy riot protest took place. >> during the closing statement, the defendant is expected to express regrets. in my case, as in the case of my colleagues, this is unnecessary. i want to express my views about the cause of what has happened with us. the fact the cathedral had become a significant symbol and political strategy of our powers that be was clear to many thinking people when vladimir putin former kgb colleague took over as head of the russian orthodox church. after this, crisis ever cathedral was used openly as a flashy setting for the politics of the security services, which is a main source of power in russia. >> i want to play a clip of a member of the group pussy riot explaining why pussy riot means criticism ever imposed by the name squirrel. >> it means to about women, feminists. [unintelligible] this means pussy riot. >> they're known for wearing brightly colored balaclavas. this is a clip of the members of the group talking about why they wear these masks. tw

this year towards the end of the month when five of the girls went into moscow's christ the savior cathedral and some say the most sacred orthodox cathedral in moscow, and stood up suddenly and performed what they described as a punk prayer. these guys are a punk protest group. they traditionally always wear a color f coloul look over their face, and that is what they did in the cathedral for a few minutes calling for the virgin mary to drive vladimire putin from the power. that is the theme of the song. and then they were taken away, and they have been in custody and their trial has begun. the case has wrapped up and the defense and the prosecution have made the arguments and we will get a decision on this in a week's time. >> any word from vladimire putin, because he was the target of all of this and they are saying it is political, the girls, so any word from the k m kremlin? >> vladimire putin has made one public comment on that and only recently during a trip to london for the olympics and he hopes that the girls have learned their lesson and won't be punished too severely. but there is