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Slideshow Russian punk band plan new anti-Putin protests Tweet Share this Email Print Related News Russia's punk rock band say nobody can steal their inner freedom Wed, Aug 8 2012 Russia's Pussy Riot: Unmasked and on trial Wed, Aug 8 2012 Russian prosecutor seeks jail terms for female punk rock band Tue, Aug 7 2012 UPDATE 3-Russian prosecutor seeks jail terms for Pussy Riot Tue, Aug 7 2012 Jailed Russian tycoon says punk rock band trial "medieval" Mon, Aug 6 2012 Analysis & Opinion California’s historic shift on prisons Changing the Moscow rules Related Topics World » Russia » Related Video Pussy Riot vows more protests 11:22am EDT 1 of 3. Members of Russian female punk group Pussy Riot who are still at large, wait before an interview with Reuters journalists in Moscow August 13, 2012. Credit: Reuters/William Webster By Alissa de Carbonnel MOSCOW | Tue Aug 14, 2012 5:25pm EDT MOSCOW (Reuters) - The Russian punk band Pussy Riot said on Tuesday it planned new protest performances against President Vladimir Putin and urged other women to don balaclavas and stage protests, despite a trial at which three band mates could be jailed. The trial of Yekaterina Samutsevich, 30, Nadezhda Tolokonnikova, 22, and Maria Alyokhina, 24, has merely strengthened the band's resolve, members of the group who are not on trial told Reuters. They spoke during an interview at which the all-women group donned balaclavas and brightly colored tights like those worn by their three band mates during the protest on the altar of a Russian Orthodox cathedral that led to their arrest. "Three wonderful girls who were an inspiration for this group are in prison right now," one member, going by the name of Button and clad in a thick army green balaclava to guard her identity, said. "It is hard for us without them. We feel it, but it means only one thing: We should be even stronger, maybe even bolder." They gave no details of the performances they plan but said they hoped to inspire others to launch their own protests. "Please put your balaclavas on. I would like to urge other girls - put your balaclavas on, go out on to the street, to work, to your office, to the shop, go to the theatre in your balaclava, become a Pussy Riot. Stage your own riot," one of the other young women said. Pussy Riot have been branded as immoral and irreverent by some members of the Russian Orthodox Church and representatives of Putin's United Russia Party, but they are held up as victims and heroes by admirers. Clad in rainbow colors, the women smoked, fidgeted with their makeshift balaclavas and laughed during a break from a cover shoot for a U.S. news magazine. A few have been members of the political protest group since it was formed last year in reaction to Putin's decision to return to the presidency, the post he held from 2000 to 2008. But others of the seven who spoke to Reuters said they had been inspired to join by the arrest of three of Pussy Riot's founders over their profanity-laced performance on February 21 deriding Putin's close ties with the Russian Orthodox Church SUPPORT FROM ABROAD Many Russians were offended by the "punk prayer" and a state prosecutor has demanded a three-year jail sentence on charges of hooliganism motivated by religious hatred. A verdict in the trial that began on July 30 is due to be announced on Friday. "We made our choice. Of course there is danger and we feel it. Obviously, we want to avoid any bad situations in the future but I'm afraid that every one of us - it is quite scary - is ready for such consequences," said one of the women in a striped balaclava and red dress. Pussy Riot's case has been taken up by global pop stars including Madonna who donned a black balaclava during a concert in Moscow last week to show solidarity with the band and called for their release. "It is really strange to talk about because until this wave of support formed, it wasn't prestigious but provocative, it was dangerous" to be a part of Pussy Riot, said one member, "Mother", dressed in a pink balaclava and orange dress. "Now there are very many pussy riots all over the world, people who are donning balaclavas and giving us support." For the women, who say they were inspired by the 1990s movement of underground U.S. feminist punk movement Riot Grrrl, the masks are vital to keeping their anonymity during protests they have staged on the subway, near a prison and on a trolley bus. "The idea of Pussy Riot is that you can't arrest us all and there will be more and more of us," said one member. While many of the band members say the judiciary is not independent and fear the worst from Friday's verdict, the threat of jail has not deterred them. "Initially there was desire, a very strong desire to become part of Pussy Riot. That was some sort of a dream of mine. I didn't even know how real it could be - how could I join those awesome girls and be close to them," said Button. "Then it all somehow happened ... It was so cool. It is just happiness. For me, it is just one big chunk of happiness to be a Pussy Riot girl." (Additional reporting by Elizabeth Shockman Shvedenko, Editing by Timothy Heritage and Robin Pomeroy) World Russia Tweet this Link this Share this Digg this Email Reprints We welcome comments that advance the story through relevant opinion, anecdotes, links and data. If you see a comment that you believe is irrelevant or inappropriate, you can flag it to our editors by using the report abuse links. Views expressed in the comments do not represent those of Reuters. 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