A MEMBER of punk band Pussy Riot was freed on appeal but a Moscow court upheld prison sentences for two others imposed over a raucous cathedral protest against Vladimir Putin.
Yekaterina Samutsevich walked free from Moscow City Court yesterday after six months behind bars, but the appeal judge who suspended her two-year sentence said fellow band members Nadezhda Tolokonnikova and Maria Alyokhina should serve out their terms.
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