ROBERT SIEGEL, HOST: This is ALL THINGS CONSIDERED from NPR News. The Ukrainian feminist movement, Femen, best known for its topless protests, has opened its first international training camp in Paris. NPR's Eleanor Beardsley reports that the group has already attracted new recruits and new causes. (SOUNDBITE OF FOOTSTEPS IN THE ROADWAY) ELEANOR BEARDSLEY, BYLINE: On a sunny October morning, seven young women stride purposefully toward the stone facade of the French Justice Ministry. Suddenly they throw their coats to the ground. Their bare bosoms are painted with slogans, garlands decorate >>>

Sometimes, less is more. That's certainly the thinking of the Ukrainian feminist movement Femen, best known for its bare-breasted protests in its home country. Now it has brought its self-described "sextremism" to Paris, opening its first international training camp and wasting no time attracting new recruits, causes and attention. On a recent sunny morning, seven young women stride purposefully toward the stone facade of France's Justice Ministry. Suddenly they throw their coats to the ground. Slogans are painted across their bare bosoms; garlands decorate their hair. "Justice screws us," they >>>

Francois Mori/AP French policemen on Oct. 15 detain topless activists from the group Femen who are protesting the verdict in a gang rape trial. The group was established in Ukraine but is now setting up an office in Paris. Sometimes, less is more. That's certainly the thinking of the Ukrainian feminist movement Femen, best known for its bare-breasted protests in its home country. Now it has brought its self-described "sextremism" to Paris, opening its first international training camp and wasting no time attracting new recruits, >>>

Sometimes, less is more. That's certainly the thinking of the Ukrainian feminist movement Femen, best known for its bare-breasted protests in its home country. Now it has brought its self-described "sextremism" to Paris, opening its first international training camp and wasting no time attracting new recruits, causes and attention. On a recent sunny morning, seven young women stride purposefully toward the stone facade of France's Justice Ministry. Suddenly they throw their coats to the ground. Slogans are painted across their bare bosoms; garlands decorate their hair. "Justice screws us," they >>>

Sometimes, less is more. That's certainly the thinking of the Ukrainian feminist movement Femen, best known for its bare-breasted protests in its home country. Now it has brought its self-described "sextremism" to Paris, opening its first international training camp and wasting no time attracting new recruits, causes and attention. On a recent sunny morning, seven young women stride purposefully toward the stone facade of France's Justice Ministry. Suddenly they throw their coats to the ground. Slogans are painted across their bare bosoms; garlands decorate their hair. "Justice screws us," they >>>

Sometimes, less is more. That's certainly the thinking of the Ukrainian feminist movement Femen, best known for its bare-breasted protests in its home country. Now it has brought its self-described "sextremism" to Paris, opening its first international training camp and wasting no time attracting new recruits, causes and attention. On a recent sunny morning, seven young women stride purposefully toward the stone facade of France's Justice Ministry. Suddenly they throw their coats to the ground. Slogans are painted across their bare bosoms; garlands decorate their hair. "Justice screws us," they >>>

Transmission A Femen activist uses a chainsaw to cut down an Orthodox cross erected in memory of the victims of political repression under Soviet dictator Josef Stalin in Kyiv. Tweet Follow @RFERL >>>

18.10.2012 12:06, — Politics The Ukrainian feminists responded to Lukashenka. Lukashenka is involved in the kidnapping of the Ukrainians from the feminist movement Femen in at the end of last year. This is stated in the organization’s statement responding to yesterday’s criticism of the feminists from Ukraine by the Belarusian ruler, bagnet.org reports. “The schizophrenic dictator publicly admitted his involvement in the kidnapping of the Femen activists in Belarus on 19 December 2011. Lukashenka blabbed that out during >>>

Ukraine’s President Viktor Yanukovich has blasted as barbarism the recent act in which a topless woman cut a memorial cross with a chainsaw in central Kyiv, but also said that the Church must not interfere in politics. “When a cross was cut in the very center of Kyiv, the religious feelings of millions of people were insulted,” Yanukovich said at the meeting with heads of churches and religious organizations.He demanded that law enforcers make those responsible for the protest act – the famous Ukrainian feminist movement Femen- answer for their “barbarism”.The president also noted >>>

News 17 October 2012, 16:39Yanukovich demands severe punishment for FEMEN activists who cut down cross in Kyiv Kyiv, October 17, Interfax - Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovich sharply criticized the actions taken by FEMEN activists who recently cut down an Orthodox cross in central Kyiv, and demanded a tough reaction to such actions from law enforcement agencies. During a meeting with the heads of churches and religious organizations on Wednesday, the >>>