Russian feminist rock trio (ahem) Pussy Riot has been given a 2 year sentence for "hooliganism," stemming from their anti-Putin performance at the Christ the Savior Cathedral in Moscow. While defense lawyers promised they'll file what will almost certainly be a hopeless appeal, one of them, Mark Feygin, indicated the trio would not be cowed, saying "Under no circumstances will the girls ask for a pardon (from Putin). They will not beg and humiliate themselves before such a bastard."
And Putin's "managed democracy," which is neither managed nor a democracy, rolls on.
