Pussy Riot member sentenced to 15 days in Russia

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Source: ABC News

MOSCOW -- Pytor Verzilov, a Russian political activist and member of the Pussy Riot protest group, has been sentenced to 15 days in jail for swearing in public.

A court on Monday found him guilty of using foul language after being released from more than 12 hours of police questioning on the previous day.

Verzilov said that soon after he was released, he was assaulted in what he claimed was a police provocation. He said police responded to the incident almost immediately and took him into custody even though “there is no evidence I really cursed.”

Verzilov was detained on Sunday morning by anti-terrorism officers who broke into his apartment. The Mediazona website that he publishes said he was questioned in connection with a protest last year where police harshly arrested around 1,300 people.

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[Jeebo]

1. I thought Pussy Riot members were all female?

I saw a fascinating documentary about them some years back. They were all Russian women then.

-- Ron

[dhill926]

2. guilty of using foul language?

I'd be in jail for three lifetimes...

[HotTeaBag]

3. Your headline struck me as kinda funny.

As in...for something like a minor weed offense here in the US, the sentence would be '15 days in Russia'.

[Aristus]

4. I thought the exact same thing!

If he pleads down, does he get seven days in Ukraine instead?

[HotTeaBag]

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