Pussy Riot members released without charges

February 18, 2014 04:25 pm | Updated May 18, 2016 09:15 am IST - SOCHI

Russian police have released without charges two Pussy Riot members who they earlier arrested on the sidelines of the Sochi Winter Olympics.

Nadezhda Tolokonnikova and Maria Alyokhina were released after questioning. There are no accusations against them, local police said, according to the Interfax news agency.

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