Putin: Pussy Riot punishment mustn't be too severe
Russia Punks vs Putin
From the left behind police officers: Maria Alekhina, Yekaterina Samutsevich, Nadezhda Tolokonnikova, member of feminist punk group Pussy Riot are escorted to a court room in Moscow, Russia, Monday, July 23, 2012.The trial of feminist punk rockers who chanted a "punk prayer" against President Vladimir Putin from a pulpit inside Russia's largest cathedral started in Moscow on Friday amid controversy over the prank that divided devout believers, Kremlin critics and ordinary Russians. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)