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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 10671
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EXTERNAL ACTION / (ae) russia

EU condemns Pussy Riot verdict

Brussels, 21/08/2012 (Agence Europe) - Europeans criticised, on Friday 17 August, the verdict of the Kamovnichesky court in Russia, condemning three of the members of the punk group Pussy Riot to two years of prison camp, deeming the sentence “disproportionate”.

High Representative of the EU for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Catherine Ashton said she was “deeply disappointed” by the verdict, which she considered “disproportionate”. This condemnation for having expressed...