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Topless woman cuts down Kyiv cross for Pussy Riot

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The young woman staged her protest as a Russian court was due to deliver a verdict on three Pussy Riot members for performing a political “punk prayer” at the altar of Moscow’s main cathedral — a case that has been criticised by free-speech advocates around the world. To show solidarity with the Pussy Riot defendants, Inna Shevchenko, a member of the Ukrainian group Femen which often stages bare-breasted shock performances, destroyed the four-metre high wooden cross bearing the figure of Christ. The cross, erected in 2005 on a hilltop looking down on the city centre, also served >>>

Ukrainian activist cuts down cross in Pussy Riot protest

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Related Russia's Pussy Riot trio face verdict Russia's Pussy Riot plans new anti-Putin protests video Pussy Riot looking at three years behind bars A topless women's rights activist has chopped down a Christian cross in the centre of the Ukrainian capital Kyiv with a power saw in protest against the prosecution of Russian feminist punk band Pussy Riot. The protest comes as a Russian court prepares to deliver a verdict on three band members for performing a political "punk prayer" at the altar of Moscow's main cathedral - a case that has been criticised by free-speech advocates around >>>

Police open criminal case on hooliganism against Femen activists

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12:51 The police have opened a criminal case on the sawing down of a cross in the center of Kyiv, no one has been arrested under the case.Kyiv's main police office told Interfax-Ukraine that the case was opened under Part 2 of Article 296 (hooliganism) of the Criminal Code of Ukraine."A criminal case was opened under Part 2 of Article 296. An investigation is underway. No one has been detained yet," the police said.The management of Pechersky District Police Office and employees of special technical services came to the scene of the incident.As reported, activists >>>