MOSCOW (Reuters) - The Russian Orthodox Church urged the state to show mercy to three women from the rock group Pussy Riot jailed on Friday over a protest against President Vladimir Putin in a church, raising the possibility that it could back a pardon or a reduction of their terms. The church reiterated its criticism of the women from the punk collective, saying their protest in Moscow’s Christ the Saviour cathedral was “blasphemy” and displayed “crude hostility towards millions of people”. …

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