Second Pussy Riot member freed

Nadezhda Tolokonnikova speaks to the media after leaving prison in Krasnoyarsk, Russia.

Nadezhda Tolokonnikova speaks to the media after leaving prison in Krasnoyarsk, Russia.

Published Dec 23, 2013

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Russia - Pussy Riot member Nadezhda Tolokonnikova was freed from prison on Monday under an amnesty that allowed for her early release from a two-year sentence for a protest in a church against President Vladimir Putin.

Tolokonnikova shouted “Russia without Putin” after she was freed from a prison in the Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk.

Bandmate Maria Alyokhina was released from a different jail hours earlier an dismissed the amnesty as a propaganda stunt. - Reuters

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