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Masked Madonna shows support for jailed punk band
Madonna performs at Olympic Hall in Moscow. (CP)
MOSCOW -- Madonna has expressed her support for the jailed members of Russian punk band Pussy Riot by donning a black ski mask and scrawling the group's name on her back.
In March, two weeks before Vladimir Putin won Russia's presidency for the third time, members of the female band high-kicked and danced in Moscow's main cathedral, singing "Virgin Mary, drive Putin away!"
A Moscow judge wrapped up the trial on Wednesday and said she would issue a verdict in the controversial case next week.
Prosecutors have called for three-year prison sentences for the Pussy Riot band members, who have already been in custody for five months
Madonna voiced support for Pussy Riot at a Tuesday night concert in Moscow, saying she'd "pray for them."
She then turned her bare back, which had "Pussy Riot" written on it, to the audience and put on the mask. Pussy Riot band members make it a point to wear the masks, or balaclavas, which have become a symbol for the group.
-- The Associate Press
Republished from the Winnipeg Free Press print edition August 9, 2012 D2
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