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The press service of the Patriarchate stated that the Church does not intend to influence the trial of Pussy Riot.
On June 28, 2012, the head of the press service of the Moscow Patriarchate announced to journalists the position of the Russian Church regarding appeals to the patriarch in defense of or against the arrested members of the punk group Pussy Riot.
According to him, the Church does not intend to “ influence the investigative authorities ,” and “ the patriarch’s personal assessment of what happened will be immediately after the court makes the appropriate decision .”
“ The people who turned to the patriarch ask the patriarch to intervene in the trial, and the detainees themselves did not ask the patriarch for anything ,” said Deacon Alexander Volkov. He personally agrees that the girls have been " kept locked up too long " but emphasizes that " the Church can't do anything about it ."
The head of the press service of the Patriarchate also emphasized that “ believers took the presentation of the Silver Galosh anti-award to Patriarch Kirill as an insult .”
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