The other side of Pussy Riot the "mainstream media" has ignored; Powell shows true colors - and THIS is the U.S. Ambassador to the UN
POLITICO
By Tal Kopan
02/06/2014
U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Samantha Power is making it clear that she stands with Russian punk group Pussy Riot even if it means joining the band — jabbing the Russian ambassador to the U.N.
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Power obviously shares Pussy Riot family "values" |
Power met Wednesday with two members of the band, who were jailed in Russia for criticizing President Vladimir Putin and eventually released two months before the end of their two-year sentence.
The ambassador and human rights scholar called the women “brave ‘troublemakers’” in
a tweet sharing a picture of the group.
When asked about their meeting, the Russian ambassador to the U.N., Vitaly Churkin, asked, “She has not joined the band?” according to
Reuters.
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Would YOU let these Pussy Riot deviants - or Samantha Power for that matter baby-sit YOUR children? |
“I would expect her to invite them to perform at the National Cathedral in Washington,” Churkin said at a briefing. “Maybe they could arrange a world tour for them, you know. St Peter’s Cathedral in Rome, then maybe in Mecca in Saudi Arabia, ending up with a gala concert at the Wailing Wall in Jerusalem. So if Ambassador Power fell short, I would be disappointed.”
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It is doubtful that Churkin would like to join Power |
Power responded Wednesday evening that she’d be “honored” to join the group. "I can’t sing, but if
#PussyRiot will have me, Amb Churkin, I say our 1st concert is for Russia’s political prisoners. Samantha Power (@AmbassadorPower)
February 6, 2014." Ambassador Churkin, I’d be honored to go on tour with
#PussyRiot — a group of girls who speak up & stand for human rights. Will you join us?— Samantha Power (@AmbassadorPower)
February 6, 2014.
Relations between the two world powers have been frosty in recent months, as Russia’s hosting of National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden, its position on Syria and its treatment of gays and lesbians have caused friction between the allies.
Power has been critical of Russia in the past, saying the country was holding the U.N. Security Council “hostage” on Syria in September.
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