Security guards detain activists of Ukrainian protest group Femen, outside the Christ the Saviour cathedral in Moscow, Russia, yesterday. The post-election protests in Moscow drew thousands and have continued for several days in the biggest ever challenge to Putin. More in photo gallery TENS of thousands of Muscovites thronged to a city square to protest against alleged electoral fraud and against Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin and his party yesterday, and demonstrators gathered in other rallies across the vast country, the largest public show of discontent >>>

The decision to let up to 30,000 protesters rally on Saturday on a square across the river from the Kremlin appears to be an attempt to avoid the violence that occurred at demonstrations after last Sunday's parliamentary election.Election authorities on Friday officially declared the vote valid, handing the victory to Prime Minister Vladimir Putin's United Russia party. The party won 49 percent of the vote, but was granted 53 percent seats in the house because of votes redistributed from the three parties that did not meet the 5 percent threshold.Russia's opposition parties and observers said >>>

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Russians aren't the only people protesting the allegedly rigged parliamentarian elections held earlier this month. Turns out FEMEN, a Ukrainian feminist group, is also up in arms about the win of Vladimir Putin's United Russia party in the Dec. 4 elections. WARNING: PHOTOS BELOW CONTAIN SOME NUDITY To show their disapproval, FEMEN protesters stripped down in front of The Cathedral Of Christ The Savior in Moscow on Friday, holding signs >>>

Anti-Putin protesters strip offThree Ukrainian feminists have staged a topless protest near Moscow's main cathedral against Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin.The scantily-clad girls from the group Femen wore traditional Ukrainian garlands with crosses painted on their bare chests.They fell on their knees near the cathedral entrance chanting 'God, kick out the Tsar!', paraphrasing the 'God Save the Tsar' pre-revolutionary anthem of the Russian Empire.Cathedral guards tried to chase the protesters and cover them with their coats, as the girls kept chanting in support of Russia's opposition."We >>>

Three Ukrainian feminists have staged a topless protest near Moscow's main cathedral against Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin. The scantily-clad girls from the group Femen wore traditional Ukrainian garlands with crosses painted on their bare chests. They fell on their knees near the cathedral entrance chanting 'God, kick out the Tsar!', paraphrasing the 'God Save the Tsar' pre-revolutionary anthem of the Russian Empire. Cathedral guards tried to chase the protesters and cover them with their coats, as the girls kept chanting in support of Russia's opposition. "We support (the >>>

The decision to let up to 30,000 protesters rally on Saturday on a square across the river from the Kremlin appears to be an attempt to avoid the violence that occurred at demonstrations after last Sunday's parliamentary election.Election authorities on Friday officially declared the vote valid, handing the victory to Prime Minister Vladimir Putin's United Russia party. The party won 49 percent of the vote, but was granted 53 percent seats in the house because of votes redistributed from the three parties that did not meet the 5 percent threshold.Russia's opposition parties and observers said >>>

Click photo to enlargeMOSCOW—Russian authorities are allowing the opposition to hold a massive protest against election fraud following a violent police crackdown on a series of unsanctioned demonstrations earlier this week, rally organizers said Friday. The decision to let up to 30,000 protesters rally on Saturday on a square across the river from the Kremlin appears to be an attempt to avoid the violence that occurred at demonstrations after last Sunday's parliamentary election. Election authorities on Friday officially declared the vote valid, handing the victory to Prime Minister >>>

14:02 09 DIC 2011 (AGI) Moscow- A group of activists is standing naked in front of the symbol for Russia's religious revival. They are holding signs calling for God to get rid of the Czar. Activists from Ukraine's Femen group arrived in Moscow to contribute to protests against vote-rigging in Russia's parliamentary election. 13; With signs reading, "God, get rid of the Czar!", which clearly refer to Vladimir Putin, who has been know to be called Czar Vlad by the press, three girls took off their clothes in front of Christ the Savior Cathedral, just a stone's thrown from the Kremlin. >>>