Russia freed the two jailed members of the political protest punk band Pussy Riot under an amnesty law.
Pussy Riot Members Released from Prison
![A combination photo shows Pussy Riot members Nadezhda Tolokonnikova (L) and Maria Alyokhina (R) speaking to the media after they were released from prison, Dec. 23, 2013. ](https://gdb.voanews.com/F1A33DD1-D8F0-45B6-B913-8F0BE64ED664_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A combination photo shows Pussy Riot members Nadezhda Tolokonnikova (L) and Maria Alyokhina (R) speaking to the media after they were released from prison, Dec. 23, 2013.
![Nadezhda Tolokonnikova gestures as she leaves prison in Krasnoyarsk, Russia, Dec. 23, 2013. ](https://gdb.voanews.com/3154EEDC-5962-4915-BCF6-DB3074974DE9_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Nadezhda Tolokonnikova gestures as she leaves prison in Krasnoyarsk, Russia, Dec. 23, 2013.
![Pussy Riot member Nadezhda Tolokonnikova speaks to the media after she was released from prison in Krasnoyarsk, Russia, Dec. 23, 2013. ](https://gdb.voanews.com/AAC4721B-FCA7-4F02-9CAD-2D6714FFB125_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Pussy Riot member Nadezhda Tolokonnikova speaks to the media after she was released from prison in Krasnoyarsk, Russia, Dec. 23, 2013.
![Maria Alekhina speaks to the media at the Committee Against Torture after being released from prison in Nizhny Novgorod, Russia, Dec. 23, 2013. ](https://gdb.voanews.com/9325275A-290D-49FE-8570-287A9C9F93DB_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Maria Alekhina speaks to the media at the Committee Against Torture after being released from prison in Nizhny Novgorod, Russia, Dec. 23, 2013.