MOSCOW: The new Miss Russia took the unusual step Saturday of contradicting President Vladimir Putin by denouncing the jailing of two members of the Pussy Riot female punk band who performed a protest song in a church.
Eighteen-year-old Elmira Abdrazakova (pic) - an ethnic Tatar whose choice was protested by nationalists on some prominent websites - said she did not think the young performers should have been thrown in jail for two years.
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