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Freed Russian punk rock band member says church prank not in vain Posted: 13 Oct 2012 12:35 PM PDT MOSCOW (Reuters) - Pussy Riot angered President Vladimir Putin and the dominant Russian Orthodox Church but succeeded in highlighting the close ties that bind church, state and the courts together in Putin's Russia, a freed member of the punk band said on Saturday. "We achieved more than our goal," Yekaterina Samutsevich told Reuters in an interview. Samutsevich, 30, walked free after more than six months in jail when an appeals court suspended her two-year sentence on Wednesday. Two band mates were sent back behind bars to serve out their terms and could be sent to prison in Siberia. ...

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