A Ukrainian court handed down a 15-day jail sentence to a women's rights activist who bared her breasts and threw herself at Russian Orthodox Patriarch Kirill at Kyiv's Borispol Airport. The sentenced activist, identified as Yana Zhdanova on rights group Femen's LiveJournal page, told Interfax that Friday's court decision was made under pressure. "The court made this decision under the influence of Ukrainian security service workers and prosecutors, who were constantly in attendance during questioning and in the courtroom, threatening me with criminal charges and a prison >>>

On this day which coincides with the Day of St.Prince Vladimir of Kyiv Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia leads a solemn liturgy in Kyiv where Vladimir the Great, the Grand Prince of Kyiv, baptized Kyivan Rus in 988. The Voice of Russia’s Milena Faustova reports.ANNOUNCER: The festivities in honor of Baptism of Russia Day started on the picturesque Vladimir Hill, where the statue of St.Vladimir the Great was put up at the end of the 19th century. Located on the high bank of the Dnieper, the statue testifies to the greatness of the feat performed by Vladimir, the Grand Prince of Kyiv, Patriarch >>>

Russian Orthodox believers are venerating the memory of Great Prince Vladimir Equal-to-the-Apostles. It was during his rule that Russia was baptized in 988.Kyiv has become the focal point of celebration, with thousands of Christians attending the liturgical service that Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia conducted at the Kyiv Monastery of the Caves earlier today.The Primate of the Russian Orthodox Church pointed out that credit should be given to Great Prince Vladimir, who baptized Rus, precisely for the fact that he introduced Christian moral standards into Russian society.This, the Patriarch >>>

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At present, Kyiv is the capital of Ukraine.The head of the Russian Orthodox Church Patriarch Kirill is now in Kyiv. On the eve of St. Vladimir’s day, His Holiness Kirill prayed in front of a monument to Vladimir for the well-being of all the peoples of Russia, Ukraine and Belarus, who became Christians as a result of the activities initiated by Prince Vladimir.Thousands of Kyiv’s residents came to greet the Russian Patriarch, but there was also a rally of his opponents who are dissatisfied with the fact that the Ukrainian Orthodox Church is subdued to the Russian Patriarch’s office.“Prince >>>

A cleric blocking Femen activist Yana Zhdanova from reaching Patriarch Kirill. Zhdanova was sentenced Friday to 15 days' administrative arrest for the topless protest. A Ukrainian court on Friday handed down a 15-day administrative sentence to a women's rights activist who bared her breasts and threw herself at Russian Orthodox Patriarch Kirill in Kyiv's Borispol Airport. The sentenced activist, identified as Yana Zhdanova on rights group Femen's LiveJournal page, told the Interfax news agency that the court's >>>

As it is already well known, on Thursday his Holiness the Patriarch of Moscow and all Russia Kirill I arrived in Kyiv, Ukraine where he is to stay for three days to mark the 20th anniversary of the Primate of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church Metropolitan Vladimir of Kyiv. The Patriarch’s arrival in Ukraine was momentarily marred by yet another provocation against the Russian Orthodox Church, when Yana Zhdanova, a member of a Ukrainian group calling themselves Femen, rushed the Patriarch as if to attack him, shouting “Get out! Get out!”. She was intercepted within meters of Patriarch Kirill by >>>

10:04 Boryspil city court in Kyiv region sentenced on Thursday an activist of Ukraine's women's movement FEMEN, Yana Zhdanova, to fifteen days of administrative arrest for her protest action against Head of the Russian Orthodox Church Patriarch Kirill at Boryspil Airport on Thursday morning.Interfax-Ukraine learned this at Kyiv regional branch of police.As reported, the half-naked woman belonging to FEMEN approached the patriarch while he was talking to journalists at the airport and shouted 'Go Away!' before security apprehended her.Zhdanova was accredited as a journalist >>>

A topless activist of Ukraine women’s movement Femen protesting against the visit of Russian Orthodox Church Patriarch Kirill (right) upon his arrival at the airport in Kyiv, Ukraine, yesterday. An activist from Ukraine’s prominent feminist rights group Femen yesterday bared her breasts in front of the Russian Orthodox Patriarch just minutes after he flew in to the country. The topless young woman was bundled away by a burly, robed priest and a security agent who blocked her path metres away from Patriarch Kirill as she rushed towards him in an apparent bid to make physical >>>

A bare-breasted feminist activist bearing a threatening message on her body tried to attack the Russian Orthodox Church's leader yesterday to protest alleged anti-Ukrainian policies by the church and the Kremlin.The protester, part of the controversial Ukrainian women's rights movement Femen, managed to get a metre from Patriarch Kirill at Kyiv's airport, but was stopped by a security guard and a priest.The woman, identified by Femen as Yana Zhdanova, had the words 'Kill Kirill' written on her back in large black letters.Police said the activist was being held at the airport and will >>>