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Summary The Russian Orthodox Church has urged jailed music band members to repent of their mistake
The Russian Orthodox Church is asking for clemency for three jailed members of the rock band Pussy Riot if they repent for their punk prayer for deliverance from President Vladimir Putin at Moscows main cathedral.Sundays church statement comes a day before the womens first appeal since they were convicted on hooliganism charges and sentenced to two years last month.The church said that if the women make statements showing penitence and reconsideration of their action, they shouldnt be left unnoticed.Earlier this month, Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev said that keeping them in prison any longer would be unproductive a statement that encouraged hopes the appeals court could set them free. But skeptics pointed at the Kremlins ongoing crackdown on dissent, saying that their release would be unlikely.
