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2012.
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| Summary/Abstract |
"PUBLIC PASSION of Pussy Riot" has subsided. The verdict has been passed. Foreign Minister of Russia Lavrov told the journalists in Finland: "Let's not coming to snap judgments and getting into a tantrum." The Russian Orthodox Church's High Council said in a statement: "We appeal to the public authorities to show mercy, within the law, on the convicted." Timing was perfect: despite the pressure from the laity the top Church figures preferred to keep their opinions to themselves until the verdict had been passed. The Orthodox Christians, nevertheless, are adamant: leniency might provoke others to similar acts in other churches.
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