The Russian parliament has approved an amnesty law which lawyers say could free members of punk band Pussy Riot and enable 30 people arrested in Greenpeace protest against Arctic oil drilling avoid trial.
The Russian parliament has voted to extend an amnesty bill to include hooliganism, the charge against the crew of 30 people detained on the Greenpeace protest ship.
The State Duma this morning adopted final amendments to the bill which would free thousands of Russians, mainly juveniles, veterans, pregnant women, and women with children.
The amnesty is extended to suspects of hooliganism, which means that charges against 30 people abroad the Greenpeace ship who were held after an oil rig protest in Russia's Arctic in September are likely to be dropped.
The bill is also expected to release Nadezhda Tolokonnikova and Maria Alekhina, the jailed members of the Pussy Riot punk band who are serving two years on charges of hooliganism for an impromptu protest at Moscow's main cathedral.
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