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Hindustan Times: Russia may expel three Ukrainian activists for topless act

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Russia may expel three Ukrainian activists for topless act

Russian authorities are planning to expel three activists of Ukraine's Femen movement from the country, a day after they were arrested for their topless act at a polling station where Vladimir Putin had just voted.A local court on Monday sentenced the three up to 12 days of administrative arrests after their semi-nude act at the polling station in southwest Moscow.The women activists with the words "I steal for Putin" painted on their body burst into the polling station shouting anti-government slogans just minutes >>>

RIA Novosti: Activists under administrative rrest for topless stunt

Russia and former Soviet Union Russian president orders study of Khodorkovsky sentence (updated) Today at 09:02 Russia and former Soviet Union Russia's Putin faces protests after poll triumph Today at 07:10 Russia and former Soviet Union Voting fraud allegations mar Putin's presidential win Today at 06:51 Russia and former Soviet Union A tearful Putin claims Russian election victory Today at 06:21 Russia and former Soviet Union Putin claims victory in Russia's presidential >>>

Claims of widespread violations in Russian presidential election; Putin poised …

MOSCOW - Vladimir Putin scored a decisive victory in Russia's presidential election Sunday to return to the Kremlin and extend his hold on power for six more years. His eyes brimming with tears, he defiantly proclaimed to a sea of supporters that they had triumphed over opponents intent on "destroying Russia's statehood and usurping power."Putin's win was never in doubt as many across the vast country still see him as a guarantor of stability and the defender of a strong Russia against a hostile world, an image he has carefully cultivated during 12 years in power.Accounts by independent observers >>>

FEMEN Protest Putin Election

Police officers detain one of the activists of Ukrainian group Femen trying to protest at a polling station in Moscow, March 4, 2012, shortly after Russia's Prime Minister and presidential candidate Vladimir Putin cast his ballot. The sign on the girl reads: 'I steal for Putin!' The slogan refers to the term 'party of crooks and thieves' to describe Vladimir Putin's United Russia party. Russians voted today in presidential polls expected to return Putin to the Kremlin for a record third term, despite a wave of protests against his 12 years >>>

Activists Under Administrative Arrest for Topless Stunt

A magistrate’s court in Moscow sentenced three activists of Ukraine’s Femen movement to administrative arrests for a semi-nude scene at a polling station in Moscow, a court spokeswoman said. Just minutes after Prime Minister Vladimir Putin and his wife Lyudmila left a polling station at the Russian Academy of Sciences in south-west Moscow, three topless women with the words “I steal for Putin” painted on their breasts burst into the polling station shouting anti-government slogans. They were immediately detained by police. The women told reporters they were activists from the Ukrainian >>>

Scrutinized by webcams, Russia votes for Kremlin

Polling station officials clash with topless members of the Ukrainian feminist group FEMEN at a polling station in Moscow. ‘I steal for Putin,’ is written on their bodies. Russians voted yesterday under the monitoring of web cameras and a network of volunteer civilian observers in a presidential election set to be won by strongman Vladimir Putin. Six observers watched the election vote in one Moscow polling station, often outnumbering the voters, while wires trailed from an unobtrusive webcam mounted on a column opposite the ballot boxes. By midday, the independent elections watchdog >>>

Exit polls: Putin wins Russia’s presidential election

MOSCOW - Prime Minister Vladimir Putin rolled to victory in Russia's presidential election on Sunday, according to exit polls cited by state television, but the vote was tainted by claims of violations, including "carousel voting" in which voters were bused around to cast several ballots.Putin tallied 58 per cent, according to a nationwide exit poll conducted by the VTsIOM polling agency. Another exit poll by the FOM opinion survey service showed Putin received 59 per cent of the ballot.Official vote results from the far eastern regions where the count was already completed seemed to confirm the >>>

Naked Protesters Draw Attention at Moscow Polling Station

By Geoffrey T. Smith Associated Press Polling station officials clash with members of Ukrainian feminist group FEMEN at a polling station in Moscow. Naked theft. That appeared to be the message a group of women’s rights activists were trying to convey Sunday in protesting Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin’s attempt to return to the Kremlin for a third term. At a polling station in Moscow, three young women from the Ukrainian group FEMEN drew the attention of TV cameras, which had just filmed Mr. Putin casting his vote, and stripped to their waists to reveal the slogan >>>