Moscow Court Upholds Pussy Riot Detentions

Moscow City Court has upheld a lower-court decision to keep two members of the feminist punk group Pussy Riot in pretrial detention until at least April 24. Nadezhda Tolokonnikova and Maria Alyokhina were arrested last month after staging a noisy protest at Christ the Savior Cathedral near the Kremlin against the continued rule of Vladimir Putin. About 20 supporters of the women gathered near the court on March 14, where they were aggressively confronted by counterprotesters. Three of the group's supporters were detained by police.