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Pussy Riot Member Walks Free

Jerome Campbell |
October 10, 2012 | 6:13 p.m. PDT

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A Pussy Riot walks free after crowds amassed outside of their court hearings. (Flickr/Somiz)
A Pussy Riot walks free after crowds amassed outside of their court hearings. (Flickr/Somiz)

A Pussy Riot Member was freed from prison Wednesday and vowed to continue the political protest act that led to her imprisonment, according to CNN.

SEE ALSO: Putin Says Don't Judge Pussy Rot Band Harshly

"We are not finished, nor are we going to end our political protest, Samutsevich told CNN. "The situation in the country has deteriorated since our performance and the trial itself is a testimony to that.

 Band member Yekaterina Samutsevich received a suspended sentence while her band mates, Nadezhda Tolokonnikova and Maria Alyokhina, had a two year sentence, said the LA Times.

SEE ALSO: Three Protesters Detained At Pussy Riot Trials

The Russian band first upset authorities in February after they performed a defammatory song about President Vladmir Putin in a Russian Orthodx church.



 

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