Feminism in Russia less pay than men doing the same work. In 2003, 43 percent of local administrators in St. Petersburg were women. In 2012, the feminist punk rock band Pussy Riot performed publicity stunts to show their opposition to Vladimir Putin, and have faced criticism from the Russian Orthodox Church and the Putin administration. Three members of the group were arrested in March 2012 after performing a "punk-prayer" against Putin in the Cathedral of Christ the Saviour in Moscow. During their trial for hooliganism, they talked about being feminists and stated that this was not incompatible with Russian Orthodoxy. However, Larisa Pavlova,
Sholokhov Moscow State University for Humanities (Art History); Architecture; Psychology; Sociology; Political Science; Cultural Studies; Geoscience (Earth Science). Sholokhov Moscow State University for Humanities offers graduate degrees of Doktor Nauk in 3 fields study: History; Philology (Linguistics); and Education. The university recently engaged in various political education and activism projects, in support of the leading Russian political party – United Russia. For example, the University was a provider of educational services at the Seliger-2009 National Youth Forum. Head of the Sholokhov Moscow State University for Humanities, Vladimir Nechaev, met with the Prime Minister of Russia Vladimir Putin. Head of the Sholokhov Moscow State University for Humanities,