We don't know who we're more jealous of: Hillary Clinton for getting to meet Pussy Riot, or Pussy Riot for getting to meet Hillary Clinton.
The former first lady, secretary of state and potential 2016 contender met the ladies of the Russian punk band on Thursday night at Tina Brown's Women in the World Summit in New York City.
The encounter took place in the Lincoln Center's green room backstage.
"Great to meet the strong [and] brave young women from #PussyRiot, who refuse to let their voices be silenced in #Russia," Clinton tweeted with the photo.
Great to meet the strong & brave young women from #PussyRiot, who refuse to let their voices be silenced in #Russia. pic.twitter.com/7JVkZ9TYx3— Hillary Clinton (@HillaryClinton) April 4, 2014
Nadezhda Tolokonnikova Maria Alyokhina (to the left and right of Clinton, above, respectively) were jailed in Russia over "hooliganism motivated by religious hatred charges" stemming from the group's February 2012 protest performance at Moscow's Cathedral of Christ the Savior. They were released on December 23, 2013, after serving 21 months in jail; they were freed under a Kremlin-backed amnesty bill.
During the Sochi Olympics, members of the band were whipped by cossacks while attempting to film a music video for their song, "Putin will teach you how to love the motherland."
The meeting comes as the two women were cleared in a Moscow court on Friday of inciting religious hatred, Reuters reports. They had asked for a review of the case. The ruling shaved one month off of their sentence.