'Pussy Riot Murder Case'

That's what they're calling it in Russia today, although it's not quite what it seems.  Still, it shows how the trial and two-year prison sentence for the three punk women have set the country, and its media, on edge.  Photo at left is what was written in blood at the scene of a double-murder of two women in Kazan--sort of Manson-like.  The media suggested it was a bloody protest and blasted Pussy Riot backers.  Turns out it was probably just a man who killed an ex-girlfriend and tried to distract attention with the Pussy Riot claim.  Still, as this new story points out, it's indicative of the state of affairs in Putin's Russia today.