Amnestied Pussy Riot pair criticise Putin after release


  • World
  • Tuesday, 24 Dec 2013

A combination photo shows freed Pussy Riot members Nadezhda Tolokonnikova (L) in Krasnoyarsk and Maria Alyokhina (R) in Nizhny Novgorod speaking to the media after they were released from prison, December 23, 2013. Two members of Russian punk protest band Pussy Riot were freed from prison on Monday, deriding President Vladimir Putin's amnesty that led to their early release as a propaganda stunt and promising to fight for human rights. REUTERS/Ilya Naymushin (L)/Sergei Karpukhin (R)

KRASNOYARSK/NIZHNY NOVGOROD, Russia (Reuters) - Two members of Russian punk protest band Pussy Riot freed from prison on Monday derided President Vladimir Putin's amnesty that led to their early release as a propaganda stunt and promised to fight for human rights.

Nadezhda Tolokonnikova, 24, shouted "Russia without Putin" following her release from a Siberian prison, hours after band mate Maria Alyokhina, 25, was freed from jail in the Volga River city of Nizhny Novgorod.

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