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.