This past week, Russian president Vladimir Putin freed several high-profile prisoners: Mikhail Khodorkovsky, an oil magnate who spent 10 years behind bars, and two Pussy Riot girls, Maria Alekhina and Nadezhda Tolokonnikova, who were imprisoned for singing an anti-Putin "punk prayer" in 2012.
This past week, Russian president Vladimir Putin freed several high-profile prisoners: Mikhail Khodorkovsky, an oil magnate who spent 10 years behind bars, and two Pussy Riot girls, Maria Alekhina and Nadezhda Tolokonnikova, who were imprisoned for singing an anti-Putin "punk prayer" in 2012.
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