by Coleen Singer at sssh.com
Two members of Russian punk band Pussy Riot, who were serving two-year jail terms for their part in a performance critical of Russian President Vladimir Putin, have been released from prison.
Maria Alyokhina and Nadezhda Tolokonnikova were released about two months before their prison sentences were due to end. The release was approved last week when Russian lawmakers backed a sweeping amnesty law announced by Putin.
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“Two months out of the almost two years that the girls have served is not much,” Tolokonnikova’s husband, Pyotr Verzilov, told CNN. “So the effect of this amnesty for Maria and Nadezhda is not really felt.”
The Russian government said the amnesty marked the anniversary of the adoption of Russia’s post-Communist constitution in 1993.
But Tolokonnikova, released from a Siberian facility on Monday, told CNN she felt that the amnesty was a publicity stunt to bolster the government’s image before it hosts the Winter Olympics in February. Verzilov said much the same.
“President Putin obviously used this amnesty option to (brighten) up his image before the Olympic games,” Verzilov said.
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