U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-MD) (at podium), a senior member of the Senator Foreign Relations Committee and Chairman of the U.S. Helsinki Commission, talks to reporters after meeting with Pussy Riot punk band members Maria Alyokhina (2nd R, with eyeglasses) and Nadya Tolokonnikova (R, in red) at the U.S. Capitol in Washington May 6, 2014. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS)