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Pussy Riot: Sochi is a 'political event'

18 February 2014 Last updated at 17:35 GMT

Two members of the Russian protest group Pussy Riot have been released after they were arrested on Monday near the Winter Olympics resort of Sochi.

Maria Alyokhina and Nadezhda Tolokonnikova were being held on suspicion of theft.

One of the other band members, wearing a ski mask told reporters why they had come to protest in Sochi.

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