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A 17 August 2012 file photo of Russian feminist punk-rock band Pussy Riot members Maria Alyokhina (left) and Nadezhda Tolokonnikova (R) sitting in a glass-walled cage in a court room at the Khamovnichesky Court in Moscow, Russia (EPA/MAXIM SHIPENKOV)


Russia passes amnesty bill, questions remain

Russia passes amnesty bill, questions remain

by | Dec 18, 2013 | World

Moscow, AP—Russia’s parliament on Wednesday passed an amnesty bill that will likely apply to the 30-member crew of a Greenpeace ship detained after an Arctic protest, but it wasn’t immediately clear if and when the activists would be allowed to leave the...