Russian Pres. Putin Says Amnesty Bill May Soon Free Greenpeace Activists & Pussy Riot; Khodorkovsky Offered To Be Pardoned (Video)
Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday that two jailed members of the punk band Pussy Riot would be freed under an amnesty bill, The Associated Press reported. The bill will also enable 30 people arrested in a Greenpeace protest against arctic oil drilling to avoid trial. The moves come just a couple of months before Russia hosts the Winter Olympics in February.