Czar Putin is handing out Get-Out-of-Jail-Free cards for an improved image of Sochi Olympics
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[quote](CNN) -- Less than two months before the world focuses on Russia for the Sochi Olympics, President Vladimir Putin is handing out "get out of jail free" cards.
A new amnesty law introduced by Putin allowed two members of Russian punk band Pussy Riot to leave prison on Monday, two months before the end of their two-year sentences for a performance critical of the President.
In addition, 30 Greenpeace demonstrators could go free under the amnesty law passed by Russian lawmakers last week that could affect 25,000 prisoners.
Putin also pardoned former oil tycoon and Kremlin critic Mikhail Khodorkovsky, who had been jailed since 2003 and was convicted in 2005 of tax evasion and fraud.
It all is part of a public relations offensive by Putin, who has solidified his political dominance in Russia and now seeks to improve the country's image ahead of the Olympic Games that begin February 7 in the Black Sea city of Sochi.
The amnesty law and the Khodorkovsky release "are to a certain extent tied to the upcoming Olympics," said CNN Foreign Affairs Correspondent Jill Dougherty.[/quote]
[url]http://www.cnn.com/2013/12/23/world/russia-putin-moves/index.html[/url]
Watch as they pass a new law revoking this new law on the day of the Olympics.
imagine this
putin lets people out of prison
everyone goes to olympics
putin arrests everyone
EVERYONE
everyone is now in prison
putin is now the world prison leader
imagine
well its good that he decided to release opposing prisoners
that's... nice of him, I guess?
Irregardless of how "kind" Putin is for letting a few individuals out early, them being there in the first place is testament that Russia lacks basic freedoms. I really wish the Olympics had been moved elsewhere, because Russia does not stand for the ideals of the Olympics.
[QUOTE=Rent-a-BoxHouse;43302469]imagine this
putin lets people out of prison
everyone goes to olympics
putin arrests everyone
EVERYONE
everyone is now in prison
putin is now the world prison leader
imagine[/QUOTE]
The Olympic stadium was actually a SuperJail all along!
[QUOTE=Hawke7;43308158]The Olympic stadium was actually a SuperJail all along![/QUOTE]
Images of Putin dressed as the warden are flooding my mind right now.
YES Im not the only one who calls him Czar
[QUOTE=Native Hunter;43312655]YES Im not the only one who calls him Czar[/QUOTE]
Why does your coffee taste like polonium *thud*
[QUOTE=tinhead50;43302693]Irregardless[/QUOTE]
It's regardless. Irregardless is a double negative
Do we at least get to pass go and collect 200 dollars
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