Russian President Vladimir Putin on Saturday granted pardon to Marina Janjgava and Annik Kesyan, who were convicted for high treason, Meduza reports. 

The respective decrees, published on the official internet portal of legal information, will enter into force ten days after their publication.

Marina Janjgava and Annik Kesyan were convicted for sending SMS on Russian military equipment, which they saw on the Sochi railway shortly before the conflict in South Ossetia.