group pussy riot performed what they called an anti putin punk a prayer in the crisis of the savior cathedral in central moscow they were then arrested and detained in march and then the trial began during the summer and then this past august that three of the members of pussy riot were convicted of hooliganism specifically motivated by religious hatred and that sentence was it two years now they could have gotten up to seven years but they were given two years for this stunt that they pulled a crisis savior cathedral now today specifically in court they will be reviewing at that sentence it is not expected that there could be an appeal that is something i'm not appeal but an acquittal rather which means that they're completely let off that is something that lawyers do not expect but they are hoping that they can at least get a reduction in sentence possibly up to six months but of course at this point court hasn't started yet let's wait and see the case proved highly controversial with voices for and against the bond and that sentence in russia and the rule bring us up to date chung. will ce

riot of pussy riot excuse me performed what they called a punk a prayer against the crisis savior church cathedral in central moscow then in march and they were arrested and then a trial issued over the summer then in mid august they were sentenced to two years in prison today is specifically devoted to that sentencing now what could happen is that the sentence could be reduced and the. i mean the defense says that they want that reduced by at least six months they're not expecting anything though there could possibly be an acquittal as well but that is not expected either now outside the court there has been relatively peaceful process of people out here showing their support being against pussy riot as well and there have been a couple of excited little skirmishes but nothing really to write home about and that's what it feels like today outside the court as you say because it has proved highly controversial with voices for and against the bond in russia and to rule out india as a bring it up today that. well certainly this incident has sparked a lot of international attention support for the gr

appeal by the pussy riot punk band sentenced to two years in jail for a performance requires the savior cathedral celebrities and human rights activists worldwide have demanded their release but their lawyers seem in no hurry to get them freed while there's fame and profit to hand from their scandalous brand point of worker reports. pussy riot feminist punk rockers registered trademark a brand. one major russian concert organizer says they've been flooded with calls from foreign promoters offering to organize a pussy riot world tour that could fetch up to six hundred million euros. it was the last visit red square behind me that post the riots stormed the area and performed an offensive song about florida may have been a warm up gig of sorts but that particular stunt didn't bring the punk rockers the big break that they were after its own little attention on the internet and more importantly failed to rouse the interest of the off dorothy's just weeks later kirsty riot took their protest start to moscow's central part of. the stunt video went viral pussy riot were arrested their trial a worldwide

details on february twenty first pussy riot performed what they called a punk prayer at christ the savior cathedral in central moscow they were arrested in march a trial during the summer and then in mid august they were sentenced to two years and this is part of the appeals process today which has now been delayed until october tenth well certainly this incident has sparked a lot of international attention support for the group of media frenzy as well as calls for leniency for the group major artists like bjork at madonna and the red hot chili peppers have called for the government to be lenient as well as other western governments have said that they need to find a punishment that is more fitting it to the crime of what they say is more fitting to the crime now prime minister medvedev has said that he doesn't see any reason for this group to spend any more time in jail that the time that they have served is already punishment enough of the time president putin has said that he is completely staying out of this he does not want to interfere at all there's also been many copycat incidents around ru

court found no political motive to the stunt that took place back in february in the christ the savior cathedral in moscow they said it was in fact hooliganism motivated by religious hatred now today speculation has been mounting over a growing rift among the percy right clan because we saw this one band member switched defense teams today and the new lawyers they took up a new line of defense changing her defense slightly backtracking almost saying that in fact she didn't take part in the protest a troll because she was distorted by guards out of the main cathedral during this punk prayer protest and the media speculation that's been so big and what's made this story started huge has led lots of people say the pussy riot is now a wild wide brand pussy riot feminist punk rock has registered trademark a brand new global one major russian. says they've been flooded with calls from foreign promote has offering to organize a pussy riot world tour that could fetch up to six hundred million euros. coming back over the last there's a red square behind me that percy riot stormed the area and performed a

details on february twenty first pussy riot performed what they called a punk prayer at christ the savior cathedral in central moscow they were arrested in march a trial during the summer and then in mid august they were sentenced to two years and this is part of the appeals process today which has now been delayed until october tenth well certainly this incident has sparked a lot of international attention support for the group of media frenzy as well as calls for leniency for the group major artists like bjork of madonna and the red hot chili peppers have called for the government to be lenient as well as other western governments have said that they need to find a punishment that is more fitting to the crime of what they say is more fitting to the crime there's also been many copycat incidents around russia as well as in other countries as well in ukraine one woman took a chainsaw to a crucifix and destroyed it in cologne germany in a cathedral there three people got up in the middle of a service and had a protest there they were arrested at their trial starts this week as well in russia this co

. >> my client as already stated it was an ethical mistake to stage a protest at the cathedral of christ the savior. i think those apologies should have been accepted. >> but apologies are not enough for radical members of the russian orthodox church. they staged a protest outside of the court demanding a higher penalty for pless-- for pussy riot. >> syria's for and -- foreign minister. >> addressing the u.n. general assembly, he claimed that france, the u.s., saudi arabia, qatar, and turkey were injured. in the syrian domestic fears -- were interfering in syrian domestic affairs. in syria itself, dozens of civilians have died in the army shelling and air raids at various flashpoints. that is according to the syrian observatory for human rights. they have been named -- peer steinbruck has been named as a candidate for chancellor in next year's election. >> this nomination is expected to receive widespread endorsement at a special party conference in december. >> the unanimous support of the party executive was no doubt a welcome surprise for peer steinbruck. while the election is still a long way a

among the most interesting saw it so the admiralty the winter palace then symbolizes cathedral and the church of the savior on spilt blood. these rich tools have become a small business of mine sometimes maybe once every six months one hundred or one hundred fifty people get onto a roof but it's only possible on flat ones like this one. i mean going to the roof of the sacred experience here i can feel freer here i can find my loneliness it's the way it should be you can never experience it on the ground this is the place closest to the sky. one of the most popular routes is the roof of the domed bookstore it offers a panoramic view of the northern capital however one of the residents of a neighboring house has declared war on the talk roups church. in town the scene if you lose a gun. god is a gun. only good for the shock. climbers call this go or simply nancy she was also warm seized by a roof climbing passion. however one of her close friends fell from the roof and died for months she could not bring herself to climb again. yes i had pix of consciousness because it was me who showed him that roof trunk h

savior of. which is the russian orthodox main cathedral and they were then arrested in march for hooliganism now during the summer there was a trial and a media frenzy that surrounded it and in mid august they were convicted of who were going. specifically motivated by religious hatred they were sentenced to two years at that time now today it is possible that they could be acquitted entirely but that is not expected to happen lawyers for the defense are hoping that there will be a reduction in the sentence maybe by as much as six months and here at court things are quiet there is considerably heightened police presence a lot more security than normal also a lot of journalists to cover this particularly court case as well as many supporters and people who are against pussy riot themselves in fact we're told that . there are supposed to be rallies planned today both for and against the members of pussy riot and we're expecting those crowds to start gathering as the day progresses yes indeed the case highly controversial with voices for and against the bond in russia and abroad bring us up to date