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Pussy Riot ruling generates new tensions

Pussy Riot ruling generates new tensions

The ruling that saw one member of Pussy Riot walk free from court is generating new tensions. A Russian appeals court unexpectedly ordered the release of Yekaterina Samutsevich, but upheld two-year sentences against the other members of the group fueling accusations of betrayal within social networking sites and leading the mass circulation paper Moskovsky Komsomolets to ask: “What new game have our authorities begun? Are we once again talking about the time-honoured formula of divide and rule?”

Meanwhile Samutsevich says Pussy Riot's protests will continue. “We are not finished, nor are we going to end our political protest,” she said to CNN. “We have to act in such away that they do not learn about our concerts ahead of time and arrest us.”
Image: Pussy Riot performing in Moscow's Red Square