Just a few months before the end of their two-year prison sentences, two jailed members of the Russian punk rock band Pussy Riot could be released from jail as Russia's parliament approved a sweeping amnesty bill.
Duma, the country's lower house of parliament, voted unanimously in favor of the bill on Wednesday, The Guardian reported. The bill was approved three consecutive times, as Russian law requires.
The bill, proposed by Russian President Vladimir Putin and timed to coincide with the 20th anniversary of the adoption of Russia's constitution, will grant amnesty to first-time offenders, minors and women with small children. The two Pussy Riot members, Nadezhda Tolokonnikova and Maria Alyokhina, fall into the latter category. It could free as many as 20,000 to 22,000 people, per Bloomberg, including the band members. Read more...
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