No jail release for praying anti-Putin punks

Two female punk rockers have been ordered to remain in jail awaiting trial for praying to the Virgin Mary to deliver the nation from Vladimir Putin in a surprise performance in the country’s main Orthodox cathedral.

Five members of the band P***y Riot – wearing brightly coloured homemade ski masks and miniskirts – briefly seized the pulpit of Moscow’s Christ the Saviour Cathedral in late February to chant “Mother Mary, drive Putin away.”