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Pussy Riot (Photo: PA)

A Russian court has found the three members of Pussy Riot guilty of ‘hooliganism motivated by religious hatred’ in the face of widespread anger surrounding the trial.

With prosecutors requesting a three-year prison term in the event of a guilty verdict, Maria Alyokhina, Nadezhda Tolokonnikova and …

Sir Paul McCartney (Photo: Live4ever Media)

Sir Paul McCartney has written an open letter to the three members of imprisoned Russian rock band Pussy Riot as they await a court verdict on the charges which were brought against them after being arrested back in March when singing a protest song …