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Euro fans mistake topless protest for street striptease

Swedish fans initially mistook a women's rights protest for a spontaneous striptease when the Ukrainian Femen group staged a bare-breasted table-top demonstration against Euro 2012 in the capital Kyiv. But the whoops of delight turned to booing when Femen activists held up placards denouncing the European soccer championship and kicked Swedish fans' beer off tables in Kyiv's fan zone. The group, which carries out topless protests to highlight the growth of the sex industry in Ukraine, has targeted Euro >>>

Swedish fans bemused by Ukraine topless protest

(Note: strong language in paragraph eight) By Richard Balmforth KYIV (Reuters) - Swedish fans initially mistook a women's rights protest for a spontaneous striptease on Tuesday when the Ukrainian Femen group staged a bare-breasted table-top demonstration against Euro 2012 in the capital Kyiv. But the whoops of delight turned to booing when Femen activists held up placards denouncing the European soccer championship and kicked Swedish fans' beer off tables in Kyiv's fan zone. The group, which carries out topless protests to highlight the growth of the sex >>>

Swedish fans bemused by Ukraine topless protest

(Note: strong language in paragraph eight) KYIV (Reuters) - Swedish fans initially mistook a women's rights protest for a spontaneous striptease on Tuesday when the Ukrainian Femen group staged a bare-breasted table-top demonstration against Euro 2012 in the capital Kyiv. But the whoops of delight turned to booing when Femen activists held up placards denouncing the European soccer championship and kicked Swedish fans' beer off tables in Kyiv's fan zone. The group, which carries out topless protests to highlight the growth of the sex industry in Ukraine, >>>

Ukraine feminist group hits senior policeman with pie

An activist from the attention-seeking Ukrainian feminist group FEMEN hit a senior police officer with a pie to protest alleged kidnappings of its members by state security personnel and possible falsehoods told about the detentions by government officials, local media reported on Tuesday. Volodymyr Polishchuk, senior spokesman for Ukraine's Ministry of Internal Affairs, was struck in the face and shoulders with a Kyiv-style cream-filled cake as he was speaking with a television crew. He was not injured.The attack took place near the entrance of the Ministry of Internal Affairs in the >>>

"Cops are afraid of our boobs:" Gazeta.ru interviews FEMEN – Gazeta.Ru

— 18.06.2012 16:33 — Cops are afraid of our boobs: Gazeta.ru interviews FEMEN In an interview to Gazeta.ru, FEMEN activist Alexandra Shevchenko compared footballers with sperm cells and the ball with an ovum. She thinks that football is a silly game http://www.gazeta.runews/2012/06/18/a_4630353.shtml close Copy and paste the html-code below: In an interview to Gazeta.ru, FEMEN activist Alexandra Shevchenko compared footballers with sperm cells and the ball with an ovum. She thinks that football... In an interview to Gazeta.ru, FEMEN activist Alexandra Shevchenko >>>

‘Football is sperm chasing an egg’ – FEMEN activist

Topless protesters make European football’s governing body, UEFA, tremble in fear. The activist of the infamous Ukrainian women’s rights group FEMEN, Aleksandra Shevchenko, explains why she doesn’t want Euro 2012 in her country. ­“Major sporting events are often sponsored by beer companies,” Shevchenko told Gazaeta.ru “The purpose of these companies is to inebriate people. And the sex industry is always around the corner. In Germany, prostitution was legalized before the 2006 World Cup in 2006. It is clear that sex tourism will boom in Ukraine during the Euros. We already have >>>