Medvedev says no need to keep Pussy Riot in prison
Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev, in comments ahead of his
visit to France, says he sees no reason to keep two jailed Pussy
Riot members in prison, Radio Liberty reported.
Medvedev told the AFP news agency and the "Le Figaro" daily that he
"hated" what they had done.
But he said the women spent a "fairly long time" in preliminary
detention and there was no need for further imprisonment.
Maria Alyokhina and Nadezhda Tolokonnikova are serving two-year
prison sentences for a performance protesting against President
Vladimir Putin in a Russian church.
A third Pussy Riot member, Yekaterina Samutsevich, was freed last
month when a court suspended her sentence on appeal.
Medvedev begins a two-day visit to Paris on November 26.
He will hold talks with French Prime Minister Jean-Marc Aurault and
President Francois Hollande.
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