New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio has welcomed the Russian protest punk band Pussy Riot to City Hall.
Maria Alekhina and Nadezhda Tolokonnikova are on a tour of New York and visited City Hall late on Friday afternoon.
They've also appeared on the talk show The Colbert Report and at an Amnesty International concert in Brooklyn.
The women have been critical of Russian President Vladimir Putin and political conditions in their homeland.
They were released in December after nearly two years in jail. They were convicted of hooliganism after they staged a protest in a Russian church.
De Blasio says he is a "tremendous admirer" of the duo. He applauded their defence of "human rights" and "free speech".
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