Nadezhda Tolokonnikova (3rd R), Yekaterina Samutsevich (2nd R) and Maria Alyokhina (R), members of female punk band "Pussy Riot", attend their trial inside the defendant's cell in a court in Moscow August 3, 2012. President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday that three women on trial for a protest performance in Russia's main cathedral should not be judged too harshly, signaling he did not favor lengthy prison terms for the Pussy Riot band members, Russian news agencies reported. REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov

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