In their first press conference since being released from prison on Monday, two members of the Russian punk rock band Pussy Riot announced Friday that they plan on forming a human rights group focusing on the protecting the rights or prisoners, Billboard reported.

Nadezhda Tolokonnikova and Maria Alyokhina told reporters in Moscow that they plan on forming a non-governmental human rights organization called "Zona Prava" - which translates to "Justice Zone" - in the near future.

The two band members were each serving two-year sentences for their part in a February 2012 protest performance in front of Moscow's Christ the Savior Cathedral that was critical of Russian President Vladimir Putin. They were released prematurely from prison under a recently adopted amnesty law.

"We feel a huge responsibility for people who are in prisons," Tolokonnikova said on Friday.

According to Billboard, the duo also told reporters that they hope to collaborate with former tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky, who was also released prematurely last week after serving 10 years in prison, on this endeavor.

"We won't ask anyone for financial assistance," Tolokonnikova said. "Khodorkovsky is very important for us as a very strong and resilient person. We hope to be able to collaborate on an ideological level."

The human rights organization will also be financed by crowd-funding, USA Today reported.

During the press conference, Tolokonnikova and Alyokhina also reiterated that they have no plans of capitalizing on the Pussy Riot band or using it to garner funds for the Zona Prava.

"We can promote our cause without playing any shows," Alyokhina told reporters. "And we will never play any shows for money."

They said that for now their art shows will be linked to prisoners' rights protection, including art programs for inmates. The Pussy Riot members said the current cultural situation in Russian prisons is so bad that it requires a "cultural revolution," Billboard reported.

Alyokhina said Yekaterina Samutsevich, the third member of the Pussy Riot group who was released on probation in October 2012, is welcome to join them in their efforts.

"If she wants to help us with what we are doing now, we will only be glad," Alyokhina said.

The associated press reported that the two members announced at the press conference that they still want to "drive Putin away."

"As for Vladimir Putin, we still feel the same about him," Tolokonnikova said.

The two members also repeated their call for Western counties to boycott the Winter Olympics being held in Russia in February 2014.