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Arctic 30 protesters and Pussy Riot members set to walk free
Arctic 30 protesters and Pussy Riot members will be free!
The Greenpeace "Arctic 30" could be home by Christmas, and the two jailed members of the punk group Pussy Riot should be released from jail in the coming days, after a wide-ranging amnesty law was passed by the Russian parliamenton Wednesday .
The Pussy Riot pair are serving a two-year sentence for hooliganism motivated by religious hatred, while the Greenpeace activists are charged with hooliganism and are currently on bail awaiting trial in St Petersburg.
The amnesty, backed by Russia's president, Vladimir Putin, is timed to coincide with the 20th anniversary of Russia's constitution. It mainly concerns first-time offenders, minors and women with small children.
Whatever the reason, this is really great news
