Yaroslav Prytulenko, the last person who was arrested for riots on Bankova Street on December 1, 2013 and who was in jail, has been released under an amnesty law.

The Shevchenkivsky District Court of Kyiv issued such a ruling on Friday, Channel 5 reported.

As reported, all nine arrested people previously had no problems with law, and were not members of political parties. These are journalist Valeriy Harahuts, long-distance truck driver Vladyslav Zahovorko, trade employee Hennadiy Cherevko, private entrepreneur Yuriy Bolotov, photographer Serhiy Nuzhnenko, shop assistant Yaroslav Prytulenko, designer Mykola Lazarevsky, architect Oleksandr Ostaschenko and IT student Yehor Previr.

Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych on December 23 signed a law on eliminating negative consequences and preventing prosecution or punishment of individuals in regard to events that took place during peaceful rallies in Ukraine. The document took effect on December 26.

The law stipulates that all criminal cases opened against rally participants since November 21 should be closed and individuals should be released. These people are considered to have no convictions.

New criminal cases and cases on administrative offences cannot be open on participants of protest rallies or large-scale events held since November 21 until the law comes into effect.