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MOSCOW, Russia – Anthony Kiedis, lead singer of US rock band Red Hot Chili Peppers, gave his backing to a jailed Russian girl punk band during a Moscow concert Sunday, a Russian news website reported.
Kiedes performed with his band at the city’s Luzniky stadium wearing a tee-shirt emblazoned with “Pussy Riot,” according to the news website www.gazeta.ru.
Pussy Riot is the name of the punk trio currently detained pending trial for a protest against President Vladimir Putin last February.
Nadezhda Tolokonnikova, Yekaterina Samutsevich and Maria Alekhina face up to 7 years if jailed, after having barged into a Moscow church to sing a “punk prayer” calling for the overthrow of Putin.
The 3 have been held in detention since March and, on Friday, a Moscow court ordered them detained for another 6 months, until January 12, 2013.
The anti-Putin opposition has rallied to support them with a number of artists and other celebrities denouncing what they say is their harsh treatment. – Agence France-Presse
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