State media : Lawyers for two members of Pussy Riot ask for them to do community service . Vladimir Putin , Vladimir Putin sentenced in August 2012 to 2 years in prison . The two women were tried last year along with a third member of the band for performing a song critical of then-Prime Minister Vladimir Putin in an Orthodox cathedral . Convicted of hooliganism for performing song critical Maria Alyokhina in cathedral . Both have had requests for bail denied in August 2012 to 2 years , state media report .
State media : Lawyers for two members of Pussy Riot ask for them to do community service . Vladimir Putin , Vladimir Putin sentenced in August 2012 to 2 years in prison . Convicted of hooliganism for performing song critical Maria Alyokhina in cathedral . Both have had requests for bail denied in August 2012 to 2 years , state media report .