Cathedral of Christ the Saviour I. Metropolitan Jonah later described the event, saying that even with a congregation of approximately 2,500, the vast church was only half full. About 16 bishops attended the ordination of a new bishop that day. In 2012, five members of the rock band Pussy Riot staged an uninvited performance in the Cathedral, expressing political opinions critical of the government. The members were arrested and jailed. Cathedral of Christ the Saviour The Cathedral of Christ the Saviour (, "Khram Khrista Spasitelya") is a Russian Orthodox cathedral in Moscow, Russia, on the northern bank of the Moskva River, a few hundred metres
Public image of Vladimir Putin a subject of Russian jokes and chastushki, such as the popular "[Before Putin] There Was No Orgasm" featured in the comedy film "". There is a meta-joke that, since the coming of Putin to power, all the classic jokes about a smart yet rude boy called "Вовочка" ("Vovochka", diminutive from Vladimir) have suddenly become political jokes. Putin features in the colouring book for children "Vova and Dima" (presented on his 59th birthday), where he and Dmitry Medvedev are drawn as good-behaving little boys, and in the "Superputin" online comics series, where Putin and Medvedev are portrayed first as superheroes, and