ELMIRA Abdrazakova, crowned Miss Russia 2013 earlier this month, said yesterday the sentencing of punk rockers Pussy Riot to two years in prison for their protest performance in a Moscow cathedral was too harsh a punishment.
Three band members were sent to prison camps in August after performing an anti-Kremlin "prayer" in February last year at Moscow's main Russian Orthodox cathedral.
"A place of worship for me is something sacred, but still, their punishment is too harsh," Abdrazakova told a Russian radio station.
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