Pussy Riot members held by police in Sochi amid Winter Olympics 2014
SOCHI, Russia -- Two members of the Russian punk protest band Pussy Riot were detained near the Olympics in downtown Sochi on Tuesday.
Seven other people who were detained with them also were released Tuesday. Police said they were questioned in connection with a theft at the hotel where they were staying.
Alekhina and Tolokonnikova spent nearly two years in prison but were released in December. They were convicted of hooliganism after staging a protest in Moscow's most prominent cathedral in opposition to President Vladimir Putin's government.
As CBS News correspondent Charlie D'Agata reported, the women remained defiant even after their spell in prison.
Alekhina and Tolokonnikova recently visited the U.S. to take part in an Amnesty International concert.
Along with Madonna, Yoko Ono and the
band Imagine Dragons, the Pussy Riot members used the February concert to demand a boycott of the Winter Games.