London: Women activists in Ukraine protested naked to oppose prostitution and sex tourism ahead of the country’s staging of the Euro 2012 football tournament next summer. Five of them took advantage of rising international interest in Kyiv and peeled off in the capital, waving placards bearing the words “Euro 2012 without prostitution” and “****ing Euro 2012”.The demonstrators, known as FEMEN were confronted by cops before being dragged off outside the city’s Olympic stadium.Spokeswoman Inna Shevchenko claimed that UEFA were encouraging the Ukrainian government to legalise prostitution >>>

Makes sense to everyone, right? The group, Femen ("Femen has established an international reputation for staging semi-naked protests in Ukraine and abroad."), held the naked demonstration outside Kyiv's Olympic Stadium. They claim that UEFA is attempting to legalize prostitution during the 2012 European Championship. "A Femen spokeswoman, Inna Shevchenko, said Uefa was 'trying to influence our government' to legalise prostitution during the tournament, which will take place in June and July next summer." Here's a some [sic'd] elaboration: Femen repeatedly appealed to both UEFA and Ukrainian >>>