No parole for Pussy Riot

The two members of Russian activist art-collective Pussy Riot who are still in prison were denied parole this week. "On Friday, Nadezhda Tolokonnikova was told by a court in Saransk that she had not sufficiently repented for her act of 'hooliganism' in performing at a Moscow Orthodox cathedral last year.  Maria Alyokhina received similar news from a court in Perm on Wednesday." [NYTimes.com]