Patriarch Kirill of Moscow in 1997. In his 2002 interview with "Izvestia", Metropolitan Kirill called the allegations about his profiteering a political campaign against him. Alexander Pochinok who was the minister of taxes and levies (1999-2000), said in 2009 that Kirill had no involvement in the violations. Three female members of the feminist group Pussy Riot were arrested in March 2012 for performing a song in the Christ the Saviour Cathedral in Moscow during which they called on the Virgin Mary to "chase Putin out". The women were arrested for hooliganism and were later sentenced to two years' imprisonment. The song contained swear words
Munich speech of Vladimir Putin Russia suspended its participation in the Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe on 11 December 2007. Putin later made other speeches that were called follow-ups to the Munich Speech. These include: Munich speech of Vladimir Putin The Munich speech of Vladimir Putin is the name given to a speech by Russian leader Vladimir Putin given in Germany on 10 February 2007 at Munich Security Conference. Putin used the speech to express significant points of the future direction of politics as it would be directed in Russia by himself. In subsequent years it received descriptions in the press such as