r.t. pussy riot member maria lloyd has been released from prison that is according to her lawyer that after president putin granted amnesty to the band members of course as soon as we get more on this story we'll bring it to you. now is supposed to be the season of goodwill but a local authority in the u.k. it's not exactly been getting into the spirit in fact as aussie sarah ferguson finding out there are claims is acting like it greg. well it's the festive season that's attendant so one positive london in the talks mean well so much about his coming down your chimney a bit about what's coming through your less about how dismissal for them council have sent this message out to seventeen thousand homes warning people to pay their rent and asking them not to indulge now the council have defended their actions saying that those who are forty six percent that rents would raise and that is the time of year when people will be spending less and this is a state full of messages part of a hard hitting campaign but with the cost of living quite in the headlines in britain at the moment and others h

r.t. pussy riot member maria lockett leaves prison following a presidential amnesty while the punk bands in the danger. is expected to walk free soon. of the newly freed me steps into the media spotlight he pledges to fight for the release of his associates we take a look at their cases and why they are still behind bars. the u.s. federal reserve marks one hundred years since its foundation conceived as a tool to stabilize the economy critics say there's little to celebrate about its century of money printing. and as we begin a look back at the big stories of twenty thirteen for iraq it becomes the deadliest in the past five years with over nine thousand killed in.

r.t. pussy riot member maria lock in at least prison following a presidential amnesty while the punk bands in the data to lock and is expected to walk free saying. welcome back we do apologize for the technical problems we've had earlier but we do seem to resolve those so back to our breaking news story pussy riot band member maria has walked free and is now having a meeting with human rights activists her lawyers have reported that it's a few days after the punk band was granted amnesty under a law approved by the russian parliament the state duma another band. is expected to be released soon too they'd been serving time for hooliganism motivated by religious hatred following a stand in moscow's main cathedral bring you more information as we get it now for the people of iraq this year has become the deadliest since two thousand and eight marred by deepening sectarian divide more innocent lives being lost as a result more than nine thousand people have been killed this year sectarian violence has claimed up to one hundred. five years in the decade since the u.s. led invasion while seeking

r.t. pussy riot member maria law leaves prison following a presidential amnesty while the punk bands in addition to lock on the cover is expected to walk free soon. while the new. steps into the media spotlight he pledged is to fight for the release of his associates we take a look at their cases and why they are still behind bars. the u.s. federal reserve marks one hundred years since its foundation conceived as a tool to stabilize the economy critics say there's little to celebrate about its century of money printing. and as we begin a look back at the big stories of twenty thirteen for a racket becomes the deadliest in the past five years with over nine thousand killed in bloody sectarian strife. are working it's nice to have you company you're watching party international. pussy riot band member maria law has walked free from jail her lawyer says another member of the band. is expected to be released soon to the both been serving time following a stunt in moscow's main cathedral let's get the details from marty's there in the . you know this story and they're jailing cause a lot of controver

r.t. international thanks for coming on so quickly john first the amnesty from the russian president regarding pussy riot and the greenpeace activists this being announced yesterday in the past twenty four hour i suppose twenty four hours or so now now we have called the course of his pardoning after a decade in jail is it possible the russian president is trying to send a message. if he is i hope the message is for internal consumption i'm concerned that a lot of reports in our own western media have concentrated on the international aspects of this and have interpreted the amnesty as a signal to the world community in advance of the saatchi games i don't rule that out but i hope that that's not the motive because i think it would be a totally few child gesture i don't think that the hostility which russia has been subjected to over these issues from the west will in any way abate as a result of the release of these people i think this hostility has other reasons and i don't think that it will make it the slightest bit of difference on the other hand if the message as it were is directed internally to r