Author Archives: FEMEN

About FEMEN

The mission of the "FEMEN" movement is to create the most favourable conditions for the young women to join up into a social group with the general idea of the mutual support and social responsibility, helping to reveal the talents of each member of the movement.

Фильммейкер из Мельбурна, полуголые украинские феминистки и встреча с КГБ

27-летняя Китти Грин, независимый телеоператор из Мельбурна, снимавшая на камеру проделки украинских социальных активисток из организации Femen, была задержана в декабре белорусским КГБ, сообщает The Sidney Morning Herald. Активистки "Фемен" раздеваются по пояс, устраивая различные акции протеста, напоминает автор статьи Дебби Кутбертсон.Грин >>>

The Melbourne filmmaker, the topless Ukrainian feminists and a brush with the KGB

"Despite attempts to confirm Ms Green's arrest with the local authorities, the embassy did not receive any formal notification." The Moscow embassy contacted the Belarus KGB and Ministry of Foreign Affairs in an attempt to confirm the arrest, but received no official advice from them. "The embassy was then able to get through to Ms Green on her mobile phone, when she informed us she was in the process of being released and departing Belarus." Green returned to Kyiv the day after her arrest and spoke to the Femen trio about what had happened to them in the forest. "I . . . heard from the girls that >>>

Me, the KGB and naked fury

Green travelled to Belarus and arrived at the KGB headquarters in Minsk at 11am on December 19. Officially known as the State Security Agency of the Republic of Belarus, it is the only intelligence agency to keep the Russian name KGB following the dissolution of the Soviet Union."Femen arrived . . . in a taxi, stripped off their tops, pulled out their placards and started the protest. There were about six other media there. I was filming the protest . . . then I noticed a few journalists walked away. They left, and I thought, that's funny, the protest hasn't finished."Suddenly out of the building >>>

The Melbourne filmmaker, the topless Ukrainian feminists and a brush with the KGB

KITTY Green's "wild and crazy ride" in eastern Europe was sparked somewhat innocuously on a Melbourne train in 2010. It was there that the independent Melbourne filmmaker saw a newspaper photo of Ukrainian social activists Femen — feminist protesters who strip to the waist while demonstrating over various causes. "They were half-naked and they were holding these signs saying, 'Ukraine is not a brothel', and I just thought that was bizarre — a strange way to protest against sex tourism." As things turned out, documenting their antics would result in the >>>

The Melbourne filmmaker, the topless Ukrainian feminists and a brush with the KGB

"Despite attempts to confirm Ms Green's arrest with the local authorities, the embassy did not receive any formal notification." The Moscow embassy contacted the Belarus KGB and Ministry of Foreign Affairs in an attempt to confirm the arrest, but received no official advice from them. "The embassy was then able to get through to Ms Green on her mobile phone, when she informed us she was in the process of being released and departing Belarus." Green returned to Kyiv the day after her arrest and spoke to the Femen trio about what had happened to them in the forest. "I . . . heard from the girls that >>>

The Melbourne filmmaker, the topless Ukrainian feminists and a brush with the KGB

"Despite attempts to confirm Ms Green's arrest with the local authorities, the embassy did not receive any formal notification." The Moscow embassy contacted the Belarus KGB and Ministry of Foreign Affairs in an attempt to confirm the arrest, but received no official advice from them. "The embassy was then able to get through to Ms Green on her mobile phone, when she informed us she was in the process of being released and departing Belarus." Green returned to Kyiv the day after her arrest and spoke to the Femen trio about what had happened to them in the forest. "I . . . heard from the girls that >>>

“Quelle femministe si sono vendute alla politica”

4 gennaio 2012 Pravda.ru accusa il movimento Femen di essere collegato all’opposizione bielorussa Femen, il movimento femminista nato in Ucraina nel 2008 e divenuto noto fin da subito per le manifestazioni in topless, non piace allalla stampa russa. “CAMPAGNA SCANDALOSA” – Il tabloid Pravda.ru parla di “campagna scandalosa” nel commentare le proteste che hanno avuto luogo a Minsk, Bielorussia, lo scorso 19 dicembre, nell’anniversario dell’elezioni presidenziali vinte da Lukashenko. Gli attivisti di Femen hanno manifestato contro la detenzione di alcuni prigionieri politici nelle >>>