Pussy Riot Women Vow To Fight On After Release
Maria Alyokhina and Nadezhda Tolokonnikova were released two months early under a Kremlin-backed amnesty after serving most of their two-year sentences. They immediately slammed the measure as a publicity stunt before the Olympic Games Russia will host in February.
Via AFP:
The two jailed members of anti-Kremlin punk band Pussy Riot, whose imprisonment prompted a wave of global outrage, walked free on Monday and immediately vowed to fight injustice in Russian prisons.
Maria Alyokhina and Nadezhda Tolokonnikova were released two months early under a Kremlin-backed amnesty after serving most of their two-year sentences.
They immediately slammed the measure as a publicity stunt before the Olympic Games Russia will host in February.
"I don't think the amnesty is a humanitarian act, I think it's a PR stunt," the 25-year-old Alyokhina said.
The pair, who ...