MOSCOW: One of the jailed members of Russian punk band Pussy Riot on Wednesday dramatically pulled out of a hearing requesting parole from her two-year jail sentence for a protest against President Vladimir Putin in a Moscow church.
Maria Alyokhina, 25, had requested parole for the second time at a regional court in Perm, an industrial city more than 1,100 km east of Moscow, the RAPSI news agency reported.
Alyokhina is one of three members of Pussy Riot who were sentenced to two years in prison after they sang a “Punk Prayer” in February 2012.
Alyokhina and a bandmate were imprisoned, while the third woman was given a suspended sentence on appeal.
After the hearing had lasted more than five hours, Alyokhina protested that she wanted to pull out and turned away from the camera.
Pussy Riot punk protests parole hearing
