Inna Shevchenko, leader of the infamous Femen's "sextremist" group of activists from the Ukrainian, has stated that Queen Elizabeth "should speak up more" about women's rights, ahead of the launch a UK Femen branch. "I wish that every woman in power, including the Queen, would not only play the role of a symbol but also use the possibility they have to promote the idea of women being in power," Shevchenko told IBTimes UK. Buckingham Palace is not the primary target for the controversial activists, who are notorious for their bare-chested >>>

The launch of Femen UK means Britain will see a new wave of street protest by recruits trained in “sextremism”, Femen’s form of topless activism. “It is not possible to become a Femen activist without going through special preparation to become a extremist," Shevchenko continues. "Members spend two to three hours a week training both physically - learning how to resist, how to scream slogans, how to keep their pose - and ideologically.” Until now the group has done all of its training in Paris but British women will be trained on home soil. But what issues do Femen >>>

Before meeting Inna Shevchenko I would have said it was impossible for an educated 19-year-old woman studying journalism at a prestigious university in a European capital, while working as the city mayor's press officer, to know nothing about feminism. But Shevchenko is adamant. She had literally never even heard of it, until one evening she received a message on Russia's version of Facebook that would change her life, and may well be about to change Britain."It said: 'Hello, we are women's group and we want to start our activity in Kyiv and we are against sex tourism and prostitution. Do >>>

Five girls are standing topless in skinny jeans, heeled boots and flower crowns yelling into the camera. One is complaining that she is late for her job as a history teacher at the Sorbonne. Four of the five women here are French, although they regularly switch into English — the common Femen language —around Inna Shevchenko, their unofficial leader. Shevchenko, 23, is the only Ukrainian here and the co-founder, alongside Anna Hutsol (still in Kyiv) and Alexandra Shevchenko (now in Germany), of the original movement, which started as a post-Soviet protest and has grown into an international >>>

Watching the trailer above, it's easy to conclude that all women from Ukraine are thin, attractive, and militantly antipatriarchal. In fact, the truth is somewhat different. But Femen, which was founded in Ukraine, has been stirring up a lot of controversy around the world with its sextremist topless protests featuring thin young women. Meanwhile, the documentary Ukraine is Not a Brothel has attracted attention for exposing the role of as male political scientist, Victor Svyatstski, in the founding of the organization. In an interview with Der Spiegel earlier this year, Svyatski described how he >>>