Pussy Riot members Maria Alyokhina and Nadezhda Tolokonnikova pardoned

Pussy Riot members Maria Alyokhina and Nadezhda Tolokonnikova have been pardoned pursuant to a broad amnesty spearheaded by Russian President Vladimir Putin and adopted by the State Duma earlier in December. The amnesty was arranged to coincide with the 20th anniversary of the Constitution of the Russian Federation.

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