Beatles legend Sir Paul McCartney has tweeted a message of support for jailed Russian punk band, Pussy Riot.
Sir Paul is just the latest star to support the trio of Nadezhda Tolokonnikova, Maria Alyokhina and Yekaterina Samutsevich as they await the verdict in their trial for performing an anti-Putin “punk prayer” in Moscow’s Christ the Savior Cathedral.
McCartney wrote on his Twitter:
“I would like you to know that I very much hope the Russian authorities would support the principle of free speech for all their citizens and not feel that they have to punish you for your protest.”

This is a video recorded inside the cathedral on the day of Pussy Riot’s now infamous performance.