Two members of Pussy Riot arrested in Sochi
Two members of the protest group Pussy Riot say they have been arrested in Sochi.
Maria Alyokhina and Nadezhda Tolokonnikova, who were freed from jail in December, said they had been detained in the centre of the town on suspicion of a criminal offence.
It is believed they were arrested in central Sochi, some 30km north of the main Olympic venues.
“We have been arrested … and are accused of robbery,” Ms Tolokonnikova wrote on her Twitter account.
The pair spent two years in prison for a protest song in a Moscow cathedral.
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