Two Members of Pussy Riot Released After Arrests Near Sochi

Russian authorities have released two members of the punk rock band Pussy Riot after arresting the activists near the Winter Olympics in Sochi on suspicion of theft

Nadezhda Tolokonnikova and Maria Alyokhina, who recently returned from a trip across the U.S. and Europe to bring attention to struggles in Russia, said they had been confronted by Russian security forces who used force and put them in vans along with seven other people. Tolokonnikova and Alyokhina then took to twitter posting pictures and updates.

(Click on the tweets to for a translation from Twitter.)

Задержаны в районе Морпорта Сочи по подозрению в уголовном преступлении.

— Надя Толокно (@tolokno) February 18, 2014 Read more...