Samutsevich was released on probation

The Moscow City Court considered an appeal against the verdict in the Pussy Riot case with the participation of the new lawyer of one of the three convicted, Ekaterina Samutsevich. The sentences of Maria Alekhina and Nadezhda Tolokonnikova remained in force, Samutsevich was given a suspended sentence.

15:30 Interfax

A crowd of several hundred journalists met her as she exited the Moscow City Court building. At the same time, media representatives began to put pressure on each other, trying to interview the girl.

“I’m very happy and want to rest now,” Samutsevich said. Samutsevich had to literally run to escape from the media representatives - the journalists accompanied her all the way to the car.

14:51 Interfax

Pussy Riot's defense will continue to seek the girls' acquittal all the way to the ECHR. “The guilty verdict and the decision of the cassation court will be appealed,” said the lawyer of the convicted, Mark Feigin.

14:42 PublicPost

The court session is closed.

14:40 PublicPost

The verdict of the Khamovnichesky court regarding Ekaterina Samutsevich is changed. The period of two years is considered conditional. Samutsevich is released from the courtroom.

In relation to Maria Alekhina and Nadezhda Tolokonnikova, the verdict was left unchanged and the cassation appeals were not satisfied.

14:39 PublicPost

The cassation ruling of the judicial panel is announced.

14:31 Nikolay Polozov @Moscow_advokat

Well, let's see if they slap a two-wheeler or Putin's opinion is not important for the court.

14:09 "Novaya Gazeta"

Orthodox Christians staged a “concert of Orthodox music” at the Moscow City Court. Konstantin Timofeev solos and plays guitar. Activists supporting PR responded by singing “Virgin Mary, drive Putin away.”

13:57 PublicPost

The court retired to deliberate. Continuation - at 14.30 Moscow time.

13:53 PublicPost

Brief summary of the prosecutor's speech: the actions of Pussy Riot are clearly an insult to the feelings of believers, their guilt is obvious.

13:52 PublicPost

The floor is given to the prosecutor. He reads the case materials quickly.

13:50 PublicPost

Pavlov's lawyer believes that the defendants cannot be given any other preventive measure other than imprisonment, because "for a suspended sentence, you need to somehow atone for your crime." Pavlova hopes that the sentence - two years in prison - will remain in force.

13:47 PublicPost

Pavlova wonders why the defendants’ lawyers call “experts who can’t say anything.” “So they called Navalny. He came, smiled, laughed, but couldn’t say anything.”

13:45 PublicPost

Pavlova: “At the court hearings they mocked, asked to invite citizen Gundyaev, asked how to make an appointment with him.”

13:40 PublicPost

Pavlova: “I kept waiting... Since you, colleagues, don’t like the examination, why can’t you carry out this examination yourself? Volkova promised. My colleagues and I waited, but we didn’t get it. It became absolutely clear to me that attempts to talk about the examination - This is just a reason for the defendants’ lawyers to talk.”

13:39 PublicPost

Pavlova: “Today I was not too lazy to study what kind of political position these three women who are sitting in the dock have. I found nothing but hatred for Putin. They have no political platform, they do not support anyone.”

13:37 PublicPost

Pavlova: “Sorry, it’s funny for me to hear that there is no crime here. It’s obvious that there is a crime!”

13:33 PublicPost

Pavlova: “Saying that “Samusevich” did not sing and did not lift her legs is not a reason to reduce her sentence. This does not give the defense grounds to ask the case against “Samusevich” to be dropped.”

13:31 PublicPost

Pavlova says she is sure that Pussy Riot members prepared in advance, buying “masks, guitars, etc.” “They came to the temple in decent form along with their accomplices, and then began to push aside the parishioners and other people who were in the temple.”

13:31 PublicPost

Victims' lawyer Larisa Pavlova traditionally calls Samutsevich "Samusevich."

13:27 PublicPost

Lawyer Pavlova, who represents the interests of six victims, takes the floor. She says she believes the verdict will stand. "None of the complaints provide the court with grounds to terminate the criminal prosecution."

13:20 PublicPost

Taratukhin hopes that the Pussy Riot members will be punished and demands that the Prigors remain in force.

13:17 PublicPost

Taratukhin: “Pussy Riot participants agreed in advance to commit a crime, not a performance.”

13:16 PublicPost

Taratukhin: “Alekhina, Samutsevich and Tolokonnikova did not listen to the victims who begged them to stop the action. Is this motivated by religious love and tenderness?”

13:07 PublicPost

The victims' lawyer, Alexei Taratukhin, passionately argues that lawyer Feigin is in vain in telling Syrova that she conspired with the victims. The lawyer rushes to defend Putin, he says that there is freedom of speech and expression, and presidents can also use this freedom. He found a new contradiction in the words of Polozov, who asked for a suspended sentence.

13:06 PublicPost

Lyalin says that he heard new arguments about Samutsevi and agrees with lawyer Khrunova that Samutsevich did not have time to take part in the action.

13:05 PublicPost

Victims' lawyer Lev Lyalin confuses the words "defendants" and "victims."

13:04 PublicPost

Lyalin says that the defendants’ lawyers asked such questions to the victims that they “discouraged any desire to forgive.”

13:02 PublicPost

Lyalin: “The victims were ready to forgive the defendants, but their feelings were offended.”

13:01 PublicPost

The victims' lawyer Lev Lyalin believes that the temple is a public place. The victims' lawyer refers to the testimony of the victims: "They said that there were no political slogans, they perceived the action as obscurantism."

12:51 PublicPost

“Samutsevich did not commit any actions that the victims called hooliganism. She admits that she wanted to take part in the action, but could not for reasons beyond her control,” says Khrunova. “This is an unfinished crime, for which a lesser punishment is due.” Khrunova asks to drop the case and cancel the punishment.

12:49 PublicPost

Meanwhile, Samutsevich, Alekhina and Tolokonnikova are sitting and listening to the consideration of the cassation appeal.

photo: ITAR-TASS

12:48 PublicPost

Khrunova: “Samutsevich did not pray, did not jump, did not scream. She pulled out a guitar, but did not even have time to hang it on her shoulder, because she was detained and taken out of the temple.”

12:45 PublicPost

It’s the turn of lawyer Irina Khrunova, who will now defend Ekaterina Samutsevich. On October 1, Samutsevich refused the services of her previous lawyers .

12:44 PublicPost

Polozov asks for a suspended sentence. “This will be a warning and a humane act towards minor children, who are certainly not guilty of anything.” Polozov also believes that it is necessary to stop and cancel the sentence.

12:42 PublicPost

Polozov: “Alekhina writes poetry. There was never any hint of any discord in her poems. She took part in an environmental organization and defended the Utrish nature reserve.”

12:41 PublicPost

Polozov: “Alekhina also has a son, Philip, born in 2007. Alekhina’s relatives can confirm that Philip is very bored and worried that his mother is not around. In addition, Alekhina has extremely positive characteristics.”

12:39 PublicPost

Word to lawyer Nikolai Polozov. He says that there are a lot of mitigating circumstances: Tolokonnikova has a daughter born in 2008. “There is Tolokonnikova’s husband, Pyotr Verzilov, in the courtroom. He could talk about how his daughter Gera misses her mother.”

12:37 PublicPost

Feigin asks for a private ruling to be issued to President Vladimir Putin, who has no right to speak out on a case where the verdict has not yet been confirmed. Feigin, like Volkova, asks that the case against Pussy Riot be dropped and that they be acquitted.

12:35 PublicPost

Lawyer Feigin: “The court, represented by Syrova, committed many violations, including the extension of the arrest until January 2013, the impossibility of confidential communication with lawyers.” Feigin recalled that Volkova’s lawyer noticed Judge Syrova having a confidential conversation with the victims. Feigin believes that Judge Syrova entered into a conspiracy with the victims.

12:34 PublicPost

Feigin says that his clients were practically tortured: they were not allowed to eat normally, sleep or communicate with lawyers.

12:31 PublicPost

The floor is given to lawyer Mark Feigin. “Well, I got the most interesting thing,” says Feigin.

12:30 PublicPost

Volkov’s lawyer asks to cancel the results of the examination of the video “Mother of God, drive Putin away!”, to stop the trial and acquit the defendants.

12:26 PublicPost

“The canonical rules are not generally accepted; even some members of the Orthodox Church do not comply with them,” says Volkov’s lawyer.

12:19 PublicPost

Word from lawyer Violetta Volkova. "We believe that the guilt of our clients has not been proven."

12:18 PublicPost

Tolokonnikova: “I want to warn that Putin’s third term leads to instability.” They interrupt her. Tolokonnikova shouts: “I will leave for two years, and there will be a civil war in Russia! Putin is doing everything for this!”

12:13 Katya @sovkusomsahara

They started checking bags at the entrance, even outside the court gates. To the question: are you looking for balaclavas? The policeman smiled slyly and clicked his tongue.

12:12 PublicPost

Tolokonnikova: “We were accused by the Khamovniki court of religious hatred. But we didn’t have it. All the court’s arguments should be recognized as illegitimate.”

12:10 PublicPost

Tolokonnikova: “Repentance is unacceptable for us, because we do not have religious hatred. It is impossible to repent of what we did not do. But I am ready to apologize, I apologized before. I have no reason to lie. I ask that the sentence be canceled. I am not legally guilty. I don’t want anyone to hold a grudge against me.”

12:09 PublicPost

Convict Nadezhda Tolokonnikova speaks. She is asked to follow the order and speak regarding the complaint. Tolokonnikova advises watching the video “Mother of God, drive Putin away!” In her opinion, everyone will immediately understand that this video is not anti-religious, but exclusively political.

12:07 PublicPost

Alyokhina: “The president is probably afraid to say the name of our group out loud, I’ll say it means “Riot of Pussies.” So, Vladimir Vladimirovich, this sounds no worse than “getting wet in the toilet.”

12:06 PublicPost

Alekhina is interrupted and asked to speak to the point.

12:05 PublicPost

Alekhina: “If I repent, it will be a crime. We are not militant atheists! We are against cutting down crosses, we are against pouring ink on them! There is no need to compare us with those people, this is vile.”

12:02 PublicPost

Alekhina: “This was a conflict between the punk form of protest and the law. We did not have the goal of offending the parishioners, altar servers, security guards and other persons who acted as victims in our case. We apologized, but our apologies simply wiped our feet.”

12:01 PublicPost

Alekhina: “I would like to speak again about our motives and urge the believers to listen. Gentlemen, believers, we did not want to insult you! We wanted to protest against the merging of power and the church elite.”

11:59 PublicPost

Word from the condemned Maria Alekhina. She asks for a retrial.

11:58 PublicPost

Samutsevich says that her position will be explained in detail by the new defender.

11:58 PublicPost

Samutsevich's word. She asks that the sentence and criminal prosecution be quashed. According to her, she went to the Cathedral of Christ the Savior to hold an action, but this action was exclusively political in nature.

11:57 Alexey Dozortsev

Procession around the court.

11:54 Yuri Timofeyev @hegtor

The main creative at today's #PussyRiot trial is replacing the name Bogorodsky Val with their slogan. Photo

11:54 Katya @sovkusomsahara

Near the church near the Moscow City Court there is a prayer service, Enteo with a microphone and an NTV-Surkovskayapropaganda cameraman.

11:42 PublicPost

The judge says that in the cassation appeal, the lawyers raise the issue of overturning the verdict, believing that the court's conclusions do not correspond to the factual materials of the case.

11:34 PublicPost

The court rejected the request to conduct a re-examination of the Pussy Riot video from the rally in the Cathedral of Christ the Savior.

11:30 Ulyana Malashenko ‏@U_Malashenko

Victims' lawyer: there are no grounds for conducting a new examination, Volkova's petition is PR.

11:18 Ulyana Malashenko ‏@U_Malashenko

The defense asks to call witnesses - those who were in the KhHS on the day of the action, including @aleshru. However, the court rejects the petition.

11:12 Alexey Dozortsev @A_Dazortsau

About 30 people continue the religious procession around the Moscow City Court.

10:50 Interfax

Members of the punk band Pussy Riot were taken to the Moscow City Court, where a cassation appeal against the verdict in the case of a scandalous event in the Cathedral of Christ the Savior will be considered.

On February 21, 2012, Pussy Riot staged a rally in the Cathedral of Christ the Savior. The girls came to the altar and performed a “punk prayer” called “Mother of God, drive Putin away.” Later, three members of the punk group - Maria Alekhina, Ekaterina Samutsevich and Nadezhda Tolokonnikova - were detained. On August 17,the Khamovnichesky Court of Moscow found the members of the punk group Pussy Riot guilty under Part 2 of Article 213 of the Criminal Code (“Hooliganism”). , Alyokhina, Samutsevich and Tolokonnikova were sentenced to two years in a general regime colony.

On October 1, the Moscow City Court postponed consideration of the appeal against the verdict of the members of the punk group Pussy Riot due to the fact that Samutsevich refused the services of lawyers. Later it became known that by agreement, lawyers from the Agora human rights association Farid Murtazin and Irina Khrunova became Samutsevich’s new lawyers.