State media : Lawyers for two members of Pussy Riot ask for them to do community service . Nadezhda Tolokonnikova , Maria Alyokhina sentenced in August 2012 to 2 years in prison . Convicted of hooliganism for performing song critical Vladimir Putin in cathedral . Yekaterina Samutsevich , the third member of the band , was sentenced at the same time as the others but was freed from prison in October after her defense presented new evidence . Comment:
State media : Lawyers for two members of Pussy Riot ask for them to do community service . Nadezhda Tolokonnikova , Maria Alyokhina sentenced in August 2012 to 2 years in prison . Convicted of hooliganism for performing song critical Vladimir Putin in cathedral . Comment: