Punk band Pussy Riot's arrest at heart of growing feud over Putin and Russian Orthodox Church
Calgary Herald Sunday 13th May, 2012
January 20: Members of the Russian radical feminist group 'Pussy Riot' sing a song at the so-called Lobnoye Mesto (Forehead Place), long before used for announcing Russian tsars' decrees and occasionally for carrying out public executions, in Red Square in Moscow January 20, 2012. Eight activists, who were later detained by police, staged a performance to protest against the policies conducted by Prime Minister Vladimir Putin.
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