It's an important statement in favor of free speech and against the regime of Russia's Vladimir Putin.
Pussy Riot is a Russian punk rock group composed of three courageous young women, critical of Putin's autocracy.
Think of them as Russia's version of the Cuban punk rock band, Porno Para Ricardo.
They have been in prison since March for performing a song criticizing President Vladimir Putin in one of Moscow's renowned cathedrals.
The song was called "Mother Mary please drive Putin away."
This week they went to trial and are facing seven-year sentences.
Punk rock was at the forefront of the freedom movements that brought an end to Soviet rule during the Cold War.
Read this 1986 report from Radio Free Europe on the (later fulfilled) threat punk rockers posed to Soviet leadership.
We stand on the side of punk rock.
