Pussy Riot members released after arrest

Two members of the punk group Pussy Riot have been released following their arrest by police in Sochi during the Winter Olympic Games.

Nadezhda Tolokonnikova and Maria Alekhina, along with seven others, were told by police they were being arrested in connection with a theft at the hotel where they were staying.

Tolokonnikova told reporters after her release: "We members of Pussy Riot have been here since late Sunday and we were constantly detained since then. We are constantly surrounded by people, not you journalists, but people who are shadowing us, following our every move and looking for any excuse to detain us."

She added that the detention came after three days of police harassment.