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6. Why they were arrested and sentenced
Fri Aug 17, 2012, 12:08 PM
Aug 2012

From wikipedia:

Church protest

On 21 February 2012, as a part of a protest movement against the re-election of Vladimir Putin, four women from the group came to the Cathedral of Christ the Saviour of the Russian Orthodox Church in Moscow, crossed themselves, bowed to the altar and began to perform a song. After less than one minute they were escorted outside the building by guards.[10] The film of the performance was later used to create a video clip for the song.

In the song, the group asked the “Theotokos” (Mother of God, i.e. the Virgin Mary) (rus. Богородица Bogoroditsa) to "drive Putin away". The song also describes the Russian Patriarch, Kirill I of Moscow, as someone who believes in Putin rather than in God.[11] Kirill showed open support for Putin as a candidate before the presidential election.[12]

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