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
Valdai speech of Vladimir Putin additional remarks that attracted heavy media attention. The Kremlin.ru Presidential Press service website published the transcript of Putin's words, and emphasized the following quotations: Financial Times called the speech "one of most important foreign policy statements". Reuters wrote that, "Putin accuses United States of damaging world order". Valdai speech of Vladimir Putin The Valdai speech of Vladimir Putin is a press-coined name for the speech that the Russian President Vladimir Putin delivered at the Valdai International Discussion Club XI session on 24 October 2014, in Sochi City. The overall meeting's theme was ""The World Order: New Rules or a Game