Brussels, 02/08/2012 (Agence Europe) - The leader of the S&D Group at the European Parliament, Hannes Swoboda, criticised, on Monday 1 August, the continued detention of the three members of the punk group, Pussy Riot, for an anti-Putin punk entreaty in February (see EUROPE 10668). He said that the trial against the member of Pussy Riot is “turning into a farce”. “The close ties between the ultra-conservative and nationalistic leadership of the Russian Orthodox Church and the Kremlin...