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Honorary President of non-profit organisation ATTAC, Susan George (Center L), holds a sign bearing the portrait of a jailed Greenpeace activist alongside other protesters taking part in a demonstration calling for the release of a group of Greenpeace activists imprisoned in Russia, on October 31, 2013, in Paris.
Honorary President of non-profit organisation ATTAC, Susan George (Center L), holds a sign bearing the portrait of a jailed Greenpeace activist alongside other protesters taking part in a demonstration calling for the release of a group of Greenpeace activists imprisoned in Russia, on October 31, 2013, in Paris.
"Around 1,300 people will be released from prison, and 17,500 people will be relieved of non-custodial sentences. In addition, criminal proceedings against nearly 6,000 can be terminated," Vasilyev said.
Several Russian media including Izvestia and Vedomosti newspapers have obtained a copy of the draft amnesty, which was submitted to the parliament by President Vladimir Putin on Monday.
According to the papers, the participants in such high-profile cases as the Pussy Riot Cathedral protest, Greenpeace's Arctic Sunrise boarding of an oil rig and the Bolotnaya Square riots will all be granted amnesty.
Comment: Note the country making this statement. Bahrain, along with Saudi Arabia and Qatar, is a corrupt little client state of the US in the Middle East and one of the main exporters of terrorism and terrorists to Syria and promoters of the phony "civil war" there, which was an attempt to undermine Iranian influence in the region. So no wonder that the psychos in power in Bahrain, like in Saudi and Qatar, are trying to pressure the US into increasing the pressure on Iran by threatening to 'switch sides' and increase their support for and collaboration with Russia.