Pussy Riot member must remain in jail

Aljokhina been sentenced to two years in prison for having taken part in a protest against President Vladimir Putin in a Moscow church in February 2012.

25-year-old was one of three Pussy Riot members who were sentenced to prison for having made ​​a "punk prayer" directed against the Russian Orthodox Church's close ties to Putin.

It is the second time Aljokhina asks to be released on parole at the regional court in the city of Perm, an industrial city mor

Pussy Riot-member Maria Aljokhinas must be sitting in jail.

e than 1,100 kilometers east of Moscow.

Aljokhina and another band member was sentenced to prison in August 2012, while a third appealed and was released.

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