Moscow, Russia: Police officers detain a masked supporter of members of feminist punk group Pussy Riot.

Russia’s President Vladimir Putin criticised the feminist punk rockers for performing a “punk prayer” against him at Moscow’s main cathedral, but said a punishment for them shouldn’t be too severe.

Photograph: Alexander Zemlianichenko/AP

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