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Topless feminist confronts Russian patriarch

Inna Sokolovska / EPAA topless activist of the Ukrainian feminist group Femen attempts to confront Patriarch Kirill, center right, after he landed at the Boryspil Airport in Kyiv, Ukraine on July 26, 2012. Gleb Garanich / ReutersPatriarch Kirill, right, the head of the Russian Orthodox Church, attends a welcoming ceremony as he arrives at the airport in Kyiv.A topless woman confronted the head of the Russian Orthodox Church as he arrived in Kyiv on Thursday in the latest in a string of eye-catching stunts pulled by a Ukrainian feminist group.An activist from the Femen women's rights group rushed >>>

Topless feminist protester goes after Russian Orthodox Church leader during …

KYIV, Ukraine - A bare-breasted feminist activist bearing a threatening message on her body tried to attack the Russian Orthodox Church's leader Thursday to protest alleged anti-Ukrainian policies by the church and the Kremlin. The protester with the controversial Ukrainian women's rights movement Femen managed to get a meter (yard) within 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 and shouted a phrase from a religious ritual that aims >>>

Russia’s Patriarch Kirill Pursued By Topless FEMEN Protester

KYIV, Ukraine — A bare-breasted feminist activist bearing a threatening message on her body tried to attack the Russian Orthodox Church's leader Thursday to protest alleged anti-Ukrainian policies by the church and the Kremlin. The protester with the controversial Ukrainian women's rights movement Femen managed to get a meter (yard) within 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 >>>

Visiting Russian Patriarch Misses Topless Protester Embrace

The Femen group of female Ukrainian protesters, with a flair for topless stunts, have attempted to attack the head of the Russian Orthodox Church, Patriarch Kirill as he arrived at Kyiv’s airport on Thursday, but were swooped on by security. An activist rushed towards the patriarch in the Kyiv’s airport with bared breasts, yelling “Get out!” but security guards stopped the woman. “Regrettably, people are trying to mar the Patriarch’s visit to Ukraine through these stunts,” the head of the patriarch’s press service, Deacon Alexander Volkov, said, adding that such incidents signal >>>

Femen protested against the visit of dictator to Euro-2012 (Photo, video)

4.07.2012 10:14, — Politics Kyiv law enforcement officers detained several Femen activists, protesting against the visit of Alexander Lukashenko to the finals of Euro 2012. Half-naked activist with masks on their faces and clubs in their hands shouted the slogan of the football tournament "Making history together" near the NSC "Olympic." "Thus the UEFA slogan "Making history together" has gathered specific names and the names of accomplices - Victor, Michelle, Renat, Boris, Alyaksandr, Kolia, Nikolai Yanovich (Volodya >>>

Ukrainian feminists strip in protest against Belarus Prez visit during Euro final

Kyiv, July 2 (ANI): Six members of the Ukrainian feminist group, Femen, held a bare-breasted protest in Kyiv on Sunday against the visit by Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko to watch the Euro 2012 final.According to Sports 24, the women stripped off their tops in front of Kyiv's Olympic stadium that hosted the soccer final.Several women wore balaclavas and brandished rubber batons alluding to Lukashenko's crackdowns on protesters.One woman wore a wig and a fake moustache to resemble the man once described by the United States as 'Europe's last dictator', who is subjected >>>

Ukraine – Protesters strip against Belarus leader’s visit

Six members of the Ukrainian feminist group Femen held a bare-breasted protest in Kyiv on Sunday against a visit by Belarussian strongman Alexander Lukashenko to watch the Euro 2012 final. The women stripped off their tops in front of Kyiv's Olympic stadium that will host the football final, with several wearing balaclavas and brandishing rubber batons in a reference to Lukashenko's crackdowns on protesters. One woman sported a wig and a fake moustache to make her resemble the man once described by the United States as "Europe's last dictator", who is subject to a European Union-wide travel ban >>>

Ukraine’s Soccer Party a Success Despite Image Problem

A Femen protester wielding a rubber stick against police at a rally outside Kyiv’s Olympic Stadium on Sunday. KYIV — Ukraine kept the embarrassing case of jailed former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko largely out of sight, the West’s token protests barely registered, and Ukraine, in the end, threw a smiling, trouble-free party that made it many friends among Europe’s football-going public. The only crowd violence — a persistent fear of organizers at big football feasts — took place not in Ukraine but in >>>