In August 2012, three members of which Russian feminist punk-rock collective were sentenced to two years in jail for hooliganism?
Hooliganism costumed person on fire during a celebration in Minsk in 1979 and sentenced to five years imprisonment. Mathias Rust was convicted of hooliganism, among other things, for his 1987 Cessna landing on Kuznetskiy bridge next to Red Square. More recently, the same charge has been leveled against members of the feminist punk group Pussy Riot for which three members each received a two-year sentence on 17 August 2012. Hooliganism charges were also levelled against the Greenpeace protesters in October 2013. Hooliganism Hooliganism is disruptive or unlawful behavior such as rioting, bullying, and vandalism, usually in connection with crowds at sporting
Pussy Riot: A Punk Prayer had turned it into a music video entitled "Punk Prayer - Mother of God, Chase Putin Away!". The women said their protest was directed at the Orthodox Church leader's support for Putin during his election campaign. On 3 March, two of the group members, Nadezhda Tolokonnikova and Maria Alyokhina, were arrested and charged with hooliganism. A third member, Yekaterina Samutsevich, was arrested on 16 March. Denied bail, they were held in custody until their trial began in late July. On 17 August, the three members were convicted of hooliganism motivated by religious hatred, and each was sentenced to two years