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Ukrainian activists protest Pussy Riot trial

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Aug. 17, 2012, 5:37 p.m. | Ukraine — by Svitlana Tuchynska

Protesters outside the Russiam embassy in Kyiv on Aug. 17.
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Svitlana Tuchynska

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More than 50 Ukrainians on Aug. 17 protested outside the Russian embassy in Kyiv, joining the wave of international protests as a court in Moscow sentenced three members of Russia’s notorious punk band Pussy Riot to 2 years in prison for performing a song in Russia’s main Orthodox cathedral critical of Russian President Vladimir Putin.

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CarlitosFritos Aug. 17, 2012, 6:58 p.m.    

...Freedom to the Pussy Riot Crew members... ...That's the putin's Great Russia: NIET dissidents, NIET to the Gay-Lesbo community, NIET to the Pussy Riot Crew, NIET to the freedom of expression... ...NIET, NIET, NIET, NIET, NIET, NIET... ...comunism is an horror... ...and the Mind is a labyrinth...

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Byron Hill Aug. 17, 2012, 10:27 p.m.    

Two years for activist who expose false religion and rewards for the murderers of Sergei Magnitsky. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x6PQNFcog3s

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Jenn Smith Aug. 18, 2012, 3:03 p.m.    

Cutting down a genocide memorial.

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Jenn Smith Aug. 18, 2012, 3:09 p.m.    

The NGO western agency funded "Pussy Riot" defaced a Holodomor genocide memorial. They are anti-humanist.

HOLODOMOR videos found here:

Holodomor GULAG 2v
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CSwtmFr8th0

Holodomor GULAG 3v
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G04gEjB-bZs

Holodomor Gulag video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G04gEjB-bZs

I smell US and UK NGO (Non Goverment Organizations) basically CIA front organizations meant at destabilizing Russia to effect millions of dollars in GDP and trade balance.

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