Pussy Riot Appeal: One Member Freed, Two Others to Serve Full Sentence

The women issued final statements in the court, acknowledging that their public roles as harsh anti-Putin critics would be reduced once in jail. “I have lost all hope in the court,” Alyokhina said from inside a glass cage. “But I want again and for the last time, because we probably won’t get another chance, to talk about our motives. Dear believers, we did not want to offend you.”