 Source: Open News Agency On 15 November Moscow’s Zamoskvoretsky court heard the request by a prosecutor for the video of the so-called ‘punk-prayer’ by the Pussy Riot group, ‘Mother of God, Rid us of Putin!’, to be classified as extremist. The prosecutor asked the court to give him time to prepare a written answer in response to a petition by Ekaterina Samutsevich to join the case as a third party, Agora Human Rights Association, which is acting on behalf of Samutsevich, reports. On 15 November Judge Marina Musimovich asked Ekaterina Samutsevich why she thinks the decision of the court in this case could touch upon her interests. Samutsevich answered that Moscow’s Khamovnichesky court had found her guilty of hooliganism for taking part in a performance by the Pussy Riot music group on 21 February 2012 in the Cathedral of Christ the Saviour, that the court had found her to be a participant in the punk-prayer ‘Mother of God, rid us of Putin!’, and the video of the punk-prayer was evidence in a criminal investigation. Samutsevich also pointed out that the judgment of the Zamoskvoretsky court could have bearing on a supervisory appeal against the sentence. After this, the prosecutor requested time to prepare a written response. The court approved the prosecutor's request and postponed the court hearing until 20 November 2012 (to begin at 9:30). The judge stressed that on that day an initial court hearing would take place at which the only questions to be considered would be related to the issue of Samutsevich’s participation as a third party. Earlier Ekaterina Samutsevich had petitioned Moscow’s Zamoskvoretsky court to consider her as an interested party in the case concerning the classification of the video of the Pussy Riot punk-prayer as extremist. |
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