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Pussy Riot Trial #freepussyriot

Three members of Pussy Riot go on trial in Moscow today. We'll be updating this feed with major updates throughout their trial. Tweet us your thoughts to @Dazedmagazine

  1. The verdict will be announced on August 17th at 3pm Moscow time. #PussyRiot girls were escorted from the courtroom to resounding applause.
  2. "#PussуRiot trial draws to close. Nadia makes her final plea, comparing the case to a Stalin-era trial" - @BBCDanielS bbc.in/Mq2M8u
  3. Proc says Pussy Riot violated "the traditions of our country". What's really on trial here?
  4. Woah. Putin visits a monastery and shows emotion (watch to the end) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JsOAKwCzE4U via @aleshru
  5. .@nadya on Pussy Riot: "This trial may soon be over, but the fight for Russia's Internet freedom is just beginning" ow.ly/cIpYO
  6. We speak to pressure group @freepussyriot about the feminist collective's first day in court ow.ly/cCOuG #freepussyriot
  7. From here on we'll continue to highlight any major updates to do with the Pussy Riot case. 
  8. Farces are funny, but also exhausting. It's time for a drink. See you tomorrow, starting 13:00, Moscow time.
  9. The pages of the case documents doesn't match up. Defense alleges 100 pages have been pasted in. Prosecution scoffs, judge a little confused
  10. Ze Judge @gruppa_voina: А вот и наша красавица. Судья Марина -снят вопрос- Сырова #PussyRiot http://pic.twitter.com/9DZpdiOM
  11. Judge won't let defense examine documents named by prosecution, accuses them of "sabotage."
  12. #PussyRiot's defense team reiterated its decision to seek the judge's disqualifiction. The defense team argued that the #judge was biased.
  13. Church denies Patriarch ever called on Orthodox to vote for Putin, which Pussy Riot said they were protesting against. Looking for proof...
  14. Altar boy Zhelezov stated that the girls from #PussyRiot performed in an "unacceptable manner" and that it offended him very deeply
  15. Alter boy Vasiliy Tsyganyuk is now being questioned. The defendants offered Tsyganyuk their apology, and he accepted. #PussyRiot
  16. Madness. #PussyRiot trial has been moved to small courtroom, almost no room for journalists. What a coincidence.
  17. Altar warden Vasily Tsyganyuk, an injured party in the Pussy Riot trial, has accepted their apologies. #freepussyriot
  18. Church guard is testifying: "Their clothes were bright. Bright. It distracts from prayer." Can't wait for feminist analyses of this trial.
  19. no food or water allowed for the 3. bottle of water attempted to be handed to the cage and bailiff takes it away. #echr #freepussyriot
  20. The women of Pussy Riot are reading books in the glass cage. Defense accessing court of torture, prosecutor accusing defense of PR. #circus

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