Russian President Vladimir Putin is proposing an amnesty deal that could free two members of the punk rock band Pussy Riot from prison, as well as avoid jail terms for members of the Greenpeace Arctic 30. 

The deal includes Nadezhda Tolokonnikova, the group’s leader who was moved into a Siberian prison thousands of kilometers away from her home and family in Moscow after alleging human rights violations at a central Russian prison where she was being held.

Putin is planning to play Mister Nice Guy this month to mark the anniversary of the adoption of Russia's post-Communist constitution in 1993.  An announcement on the lower house of parliament's website says that people convicted of hooliganism will be released under the amnesty. 

The Greenpeace Arctic 30 were arrested and charged with hooliganism for their attempt to board a Russian offshore oil platform in the Arctic in September.  A conviction could get each a prison term of up to seven years.  All 30 have been released on bail but still face trial.  The head of a Kremlin advisory council on human rights says he believes those arrested in the Greenpeace protest would be eligible for amnesty.

If it all does come to fruition, it removes some high profile human rights complaints against just a few weeks before the 2014 Winter Olympics in the Russian resort town of Sochi.