Russian TV Censors Mireille Mathieu

Prominent French singer Mireille Mathieu complained that her interview given to Russian TV channel "TV Center" was heavily edited. According to Mathieu, answering a question on Pussy Riot, she said in French: "Je pense que ces jeunes filles sont inconscientes. S'elles veulent chanter en eglise -- ce n'est pas un lieu pour manifester. Manifester on peut autrement. Eglise est un lieu de recueillement, de respect с'est un sacrilege parce que chez vous il y a une telle ferveur dans les eglises." The TV channel provided the following simultaneous translation of that into Russian: "I think they are insane, I condemn their actions. A church is no place for such actions. A church has always been and is a place where people come to have light, to clean their souls. This is a holy place, it should be respected, especially Russian churches, one feels such fervor and zeal in them." Mathieu further said: "Mais en tant que femme, artiste et chrétienne je souhaite la clémence. [But as a woman, an artist and a Christian, I am calling for forgiveness.]" Those words were completely cut off from the aired interview. In a statement issued on Thursday, the singer said that her "interview had been partly censored". The TV channel originally denied editing, but then admitted it and blamed a "young journalist" who "will be dismissed" for that. The three members of Pussy Riot were handed two-year jail sentences last month for mounting a protest against president Vladimir Putin inside Moscow's main Orthodox cathedral.

http://www.kommersant.ru/doc-rm/2016898?552134a8
http://www.blottr.com/breaking-news/pussy-riot-french-singer-interview-censored-russian-channel
http://www.lefigaro.fr/musique/2012/09/06/03006-20120906ARTFIG00456-pussy-riot-la-tv-russe-avoue-avoir-coupe-mireille-mathieu.php (video, Russian)
http://youtu.be/n9dHVz3qawc (video, French original (low volume record))