Putin and Pussy Riot

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In an interview with British journalist Kevin Owen on Russia Today television, Putin did not comment on the court ruling in the Pussy Riot case, but said that "in general, the state has an obligation to protect the feelings of believers." It is important for these girls to have lawyers and be engaged in representing their interests in court. They can challenge the verdict in a higher instance and seek its revision, as Putin said about it.

In an interview with British journalist Kevin Owen, the president added that the authorities should have paid attention to the girls even before the incident at the temple, when they were organising other actions. Among them, Putin mentioned the action of the art group "War" in a Moscow supermarket in 2008. Then, he said, one of the Pussy members "hung three effigies in a public place with the inscription that it was necessary to free Moscow from Jews, from homosexuals and from guest workers." 

Putin also remembered the 'War' action with the participation of Tolokonnikova at the State Biological Museum named after Timuryazev. According to the president, the fact that the participants of the action engaged in group sex is their business, but the fact that they posted a recording of the process on the Internet is "a controversial issue," as well as the fact that they did it in a public place.

Some people are of the opinion that group sex is superior to individual sex because, just like in any collective work, it's possible to get dirty. But I repeat, this is the business of each individual, but putting it on the Internet is, in my opinion, a controversial issue and could also be subject to some legal assessment," the president added