(ROUGH CUT ONLY - NO REPORTER NARRATION)<br/> <br />Three young women who staged an irreverent punk-rock protest against Vladimir Putin on the altar of Russia's main cathedral arrived for their trial on Monday (July 30).<br/> <br />The trial of the activists - from the band 'Pussy Riot' - is seen as a test of the president's tolerance of dissent.<br/> <br />It should show how much power the resurgent Russian Orthodox Church and its head, Patriarch Kirill, wield.<br/> <br />He has called the "punk prayer" blasphemy, casting it as part of a sinister anti-clerical campaign.
