Hundreds of people have protested outside a court in Moscow - after three woman from a Russian punk band are sentenced to two years each in prison ... for staging a musical protest against the country's President Vladimir Putin.

The members of Pussy Riot were found guilty earlier of hooliganism motivated by religious hatred for the stunt in a cathedral in February.

Some have seen the charges as a crackdown on freedom of speech - and the group's been backed by stars like Madonna and Sir Paul McCartney.