Pussy Riot members freed under Russian amnesty
Pussy Riot members Maria Alyokhina Nadezhda Tolokonnikova have been freed early from prison in Russia under an amnesty.
Freed Pussy Riot member slams amnesty as 'PR stunt'
A member of Pussy Riot has critcisised a prison amnesty that led to her early release from prison as a "PR stunt", claiming she would have refused to leave jail if she had the choice.
Maria Alyokhina was freed early from a two-year prison sentence for a church protest against President Valdimir Putin.
"I do not think it is a humanitarian act," Alyokhina said of the amnesty which was initiated by President Vladimir Putin, in comments to Russian internet and TV channel Dozhd.
"I think it is a PR stunt."
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