"Scared of girls"

Instapundit notes today that Vladimir Putin is "scared of girls." These three members of the Russian band Pussy Riot were sentenced to two years in prison yesterday. They like to perform in unusual venues. They performed an impromptu "punk prayer" in a Russian Orthodox Church, asking the church to support Jesus Christ and oppose Vladimir Putin, which would be the opposite of what the church has been doing. They were charged with "premeditated hooliganism performed by an organized group of people motivated by religious hatred or hostility."

From Wikipedia: "On August 15, a group of protestors gathered in support of Pussy Riot outside the Christ the Saviour Cathedral and held up placards to make the phrase Blessed are the merciful. They were quickly set upon by cathedral guards. Former world chess champion Garry Kasparov, trying to attend the reading of the verdict, was arrested and beaten. The connection between Pussy Riot and the group Voina has been highlighted by some of the groups' critics and has been called an "aggravating moral circumstance" in the eyes of the conservative public (which constitutes about 60 per cent of Russians)"


Read more here: http://www.nypost.com/p/news/opinion/editorials/vladimir_revenge_fYtFnjlMgXMz350GJJj4KN

and here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pussy_Riot

Update: Here is a less supportive post on the group's actions: " The punk rock group entered the sanctuary with the intent to insult Christians, and when they were held accountable, they claimed that it was someone else's fault.

Read more: http://www.americanthinker.com/2012/08/jailing_pussy_riot_in_russia.html#ixzz23xPgIvJh