I am not religions at all and I have nothing against nice ....( censuur ) dancing and yelling in a church with strange custumes. But I must say that if in Holland girl start to dance naked in a church that they also get arrested for disturbing the public order. Only they will not get 3 years but only a warning to behave. Maybe Kasparov can put on a wig the next time and a dress and some make up.

Is the word " poesje " so shocking? That is must be cencored?

Kasparov is in a cell in a country where bad, BAD things have happened to people in prison. He has done this in the cause of freedom. I respect this more than his entire chess career. May he come out of this unhurt, and may the girls be freed!

Maybe Putin thought the group's name was Putin Riot instead of Pussy Riot...or maybe Putin is allergic to pussy. Putin obviously suffers from 'little man syndrome." He's probably small in a number of areas...

@Ruben: Ik zou de fanatieke katholieken/maffiosi die mensen in stukjes willen snijden evenmin als beschaafd aanmerken. In Epe bellen ze gewoon de politie en die sust de boel of neemt proces verbaal op.

VIDEO OF ARREST: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-19300149

What would happen if those innocent girls made their series of pacific presentations inside the temples of another religion? For example kasparov's one..? Maybe the behavior of Kaspi and the Police would change? If that Girls hate some Putin's dictatorial style, why to associate that with Christ?

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and people said fischer was crazy!

I read that the sentence stated that all the accused suffer from mental disorders, but that they aren't severe enough to declare them insane. :-)

That pic by Yuri Timofeyev looks photo shopped.

That's not to say it's fake. Just that it seems odd. Kasparov looks like he's too short.

Come to think of it, Kasparov was attacked by Putin with a flying penis, and now he's arrested at a Pussy Riot trial. Gotta be a good joke there somewhere...

In Soviet Russia King castles you.

A simple question: Why did the police arrest Garry?
For those talking about Germany, or the Netherlands (or even those who mentioned South American countries where I am from): is that something that could possibly occur there, particularly in front of the media and for no reason.
There is a saying that countries have the government that they deserve: I believe we can call an exception for Russian society.

Why is everyone saying that Kasparov was arrested for no reason at all. If you watch the video he can be CLEARLY seen biting the hell out of a police officer who was only saved by the intervention of his fellow officers! http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-19300149 ;-)

I hope they roughed him up a bit.

Peace and Love.

I only limited my comment to the Kasparov incidental issue on occasion of the big “Pussy riot” case, not judging the law, the justice and implementation of it for the concrete case.
Now, on the case itself. First of all the fact: this is the “crime” the punk group committed (source: videos quoted on http://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/18/world/europe/suspense-ahead-of-verdict... )
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FoJqzGG7u_k and http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GCasuaAczKY&feature=youtu.be .

I don’t know about the Russian´s text law, but according to the media it contemplates up to seven years in prison; while the prosecutors urged for 3.
I got acquainted with the German law because of the quotes here; and after some research, I found that in some Spanish speaking countries (such as Spain and Uruguay), similar types of crimes are considered (some even almost exactly as in the German law), with punishments varying from a fine to some 3 years in prison.
I personally believe that the standard of the German law (from a fine to 3 years in prison) is about reasonable; that scale is made because of the potential magnitude of the damage that a subject can cause, both at the material and/or personal level, and at the symbolic one as well (which I believe to be what this case is all about)

The punk group apologized for the offense caused to the religious faith, and the underlined that they only used the church (even if not trough correct mediums) because they were also stressing the (apparent) public support of leader Kiril I to Putin. That was about it.
Now, how would every of us put the case in the legal scale or range, considering the offense or damage they caused, in a scale from a fine (community service or sth), to facing actual time in prison, which by the way, in more than a few countries you don’t actually have to spend it provided that is your 1st time and the damage and offense are minor (say below 2 or 3 years in prison). Forget about Russia, where they don’t mind showing to the whole world what they do with dissidents and opposition in general.

How would you act as a judge, in a politically and institutionally civilized country, such as (in my view) the Netherlands or some Nordic country, for such offense or crime?
Come on!

the comments here are like reading the comments on a yahoo news article. i guess whatever brings the people back to the website though...

I speculate Kaspy probably crossed the cordoned area where people are not allowed without the proper credentials. If you watch the footage of his arrest you can see it was a quite a civilized one. Kaspy and some of the policemen seem to be smiling! The sentence applied to the Pussy Riot girls is of course disproportional to their disrespectful performance at a church. One year of community services would be enough. Kaspy is a publicity seeker, his only intention with this is to make more money with the Kasparov brand (selling books, delivering speeches, simuls etc). No real interest in promoting the public good. He was a great chess player but what a jerk as a public figure. Putin must go but Kaspy is not the solution.

1:39 http://youtu.be/K-pomYNiNps

A highly agitated Kasparov tried to escape from the police van! He said they were trying to break his leg inside the van.

What is Kasparov saying? The police actually seem to be a bit restrained in that video. They dragged him back inside but I did not see them beat the crap out of anybody.

Posted earlier: Kasparov is no Lech Walesa, Martin Luther King Jr. or, Rodney King for that matter. Dirty Garry's no martyr.

Mig shd tell Garry to call Rodney n ask him what a real "beating" feels like. The Russian Securty Force acted like Pussy Cats (see BBC video) compared to the LAPD. Kasparov's no victim of "police brutality" here.