Judge Syrova is given state protection

The judge of the Khamovnik court Marina Syrova, considering the case of the Pussy Riot punk group, was provided with protection in connection with the incoming threats. According to RIA Novosti, this was announced by the head of the press service of the Moscow City Court Anna Usacheva. According to her, the head of the Moscow City Court Olga Egorova asked the judge to ensure the security of the judge.

In December 2011, the guard was provided by the judge of the Tver court Olga Borovkova, who considered administrative cases against the leaders of the opposition. After Borovkova sentenced the leader of the Left Front Sergey Udaltsov to the next one by 10 days of arrest, her personal data, including the home address, were published on the Internet.

On Friday, Marina Syrova should announce the verdict to Pussy Riot to the Pussy Riot. On August 7, the prosecutor at the Pussy Riot process requested three years of imprisonment in a general regime colony for participants in a punk-band. “We believe that the correction of the defendants is possible only in the context of the conclusion,” said the prosecutor Alexander Nikiforov. Meanwhile, two victims in the case are asked to impose a conditional punishment to the defendants, lawyers Alexei Taratukhin and Lev Lyalin reported at a court meeting. Taratukhin said that one of his principals asks to appoint a group to the group for two years conditionally so that mothers can return to their children. The rest of the victims, according to lawyers, "rely on a fair court decision."

According to the prosecutions, the defendants "mocked over the Orthodox traditions, revered rituals, centuries -old traditions, over the feelings of citizens spiritually connecting themselves with God" and "encroached on the equality of the Russian Orthodox Church." “They deeply offended and humiliated the feelings of believers. The swearing words that they shouted were a blasphemy against God,” said Nikiforov, referring to the ROC's Decree “On Blessings”.

The prosecution asks the court the fate of "the degree of public danger of the crime." "Any temple carries holiness, a high atmosphere, those present must store this holiness. Such a bacchanalia gives a challenge to this. This indicates a decline in morals in society," the prosecutor said. He emphasized that XXS was built "as a monument to the Patriotic War of 1812." As an aggravating circumstances, the prosecutor was given by the fact that "the actions of the girls were thought out in advance, the roles were distributed, there was a rehearsal." “They also attracted the attention of the social masses, thereby expanding the coverage of the crime,” Nikiforov noted.

The verdict in the case of Pussy Riot will be announced on August 17.