Russia's Pussy Riot supported by Jarvis Cocker, Pete Townshend and Johnny Marr
Pussy Riot, the political punk band jailed in Russia and currently facing trial, have been backed by musicians including Jarvis Cocker, Pete Townshend and Johnny Marr.
The stars have written an open letter to Russia president Vladimir Putin asking him to give a fair hearing to members of the band - who they say were performing a ‘legitimate protest’.
In February, the band - made up of Nadezhda Tolokonnikova, 22, Yekaterina Samutsevich, 29, and Maria Alekhina, 24 - played an anti-Putin ...
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