Nadezhda Tolokonnikova, center, Yekaterina Samutsevich, third left, and Maria Alekhina, second right, members of feminist punk group Pussy Riot are escorted by the police to a court in Moscow, Russia, Friday, Aug. 17, 2012. The three members who were jailed in March following a guerrilla performance denouncing President Vladimir Putin in Moscow's main cathedral have unwillingly emerged as vivid and very different characters. They await a verdict Friday on charges of hooliganism motivated by religious hatred. (AP Photo/Mikhail Metzel)