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.”

Pussy Riot tweeted on Sunday that the two activists had fled Russia and are “recruiting foreign feminists to prepare new protest actions.” No mention was made of where they went.

I, for one, am in favor of a Pussy Riot Art Hooligans World Tour.

The Guardian has put together a video to the latest song released by Pussy Riot, showing video of the band performing, photos of the courtroom proceedings and examples of the support being shown for the three members who have been sentenced to two years in prison for “hooliganism.”

pitchfork:

Pussy Riot have been found guilty of “hooliganism motivated by religious hatred” in the Russian courts and will serve two years in prison.