Topless female activists from Femen, a Ukrainian women's rights group have carried out a protest in central London today. Protesters said the demonstration was against 'bloody and violent ' Islamist regimes which they said, had been supported by the International Olympic Committee. This protestor stands proudly chanting that Islamic regimes have ‘killed a generation’ Till she is man handled to the floor by Police officers. Another protestor is also wrestled by Police to the floor. The organisation has become internationally known for organizing topless protests against sex >>>

Topless activists from a women’s rights group carried out a protest in central London on Thursday. Police were called to City Hall to deal with the protesters, who had accused the Olympics’ governing body of having supported ‘bloody’ Islamist regimes. The demonstration near Tower Bridge, described as an ‘Islamic marathon’ by the protesters, was organised by the Ukrainian feminist group Femen. Protesters said the demonstration was against ‘bloody’ Islamist regimes which they said had been supported by the International Olympic Committee. The organisation has become internationally >>>

Follow us   Follow @IBTimesUK "If the IOC keeps flirting with radical Islam, new Olympic disciplines, such as stoning or speed raping, will be added to the competition," they claimed. In May, topless members of Femen seized the football trophy of the Euro 2012 on display in Ukraine to protest against the increase of sex tourism in the former Soviet republic. In April, members of Femen staged a naked protest to defend Ukrainian women's rights to abortion. The activists climbed to the top of the >>>

A topless feminist activist from the Kyiv-based activist group FEMEN confronted Patriarch Kirill as he stepped off a plane to visit Ukraine on Thursday. The woman ran up to the bearded Russian Orthodox official without a top on and the words “Kill Kirill” painted on her back. She ran up to him screaming “Get out” before guards quickly peeled her away from the conservative masthead. The Moscow Times reports that she has been sentenced to 15 days behind bars for her protest. The woman behind the stunt, Yana Zhdanova, was the woman chosen by the women’s rights group FEMEN to run up to the >>>

A Ukrainian court handed down a 15-day jail sentence to a women's rights activist who bared her breasts and threw herself at Russian Orthodox Patriarch Kirill at Kyiv's Borispol Airport. The sentenced activist, identified as Yana Zhdanova on rights group Femen's LiveJournal page, told Interfax that Friday's court decision was made under pressure. "The court made this decision under the influence of Ukrainian security service workers and prosecutors, who were constantly in attendance during questioning and in the courtroom, threatening me with criminal charges and a prison >>>

On this day which coincides with the Day of St.Prince Vladimir of Kyiv Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia leads a solemn liturgy in Kyiv where Vladimir the Great, the Grand Prince of Kyiv, baptized Kyivan Rus in 988. The Voice of Russia’s Milena Faustova reports.ANNOUNCER: The festivities in honor of Baptism of Russia Day started on the picturesque Vladimir Hill, where the statue of St.Vladimir the Great was put up at the end of the 19th century. Located on the high bank of the Dnieper, the statue testifies to the greatness of the feat performed by Vladimir, the Grand Prince of Kyiv, Patriarch >>>

Russian Orthodox believers are venerating the memory of Great Prince Vladimir Equal-to-the-Apostles. It was during his rule that Russia was baptized in 988.Kyiv has become the focal point of celebration, with thousands of Christians attending the liturgical service that Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia conducted at the Kyiv Monastery of the Caves earlier today.The Primate of the Russian Orthodox Church pointed out that credit should be given to Great Prince Vladimir, who baptized Rus, precisely for the fact that he introduced Christian moral standards into Russian society.This, the Patriarch >>>

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At present, Kyiv is the capital of Ukraine.The head of the Russian Orthodox Church Patriarch Kirill is now in Kyiv. On the eve of St. Vladimir’s day, His Holiness Kirill prayed in front of a monument to Vladimir for the well-being of all the peoples of Russia, Ukraine and Belarus, who became Christians as a result of the activities initiated by Prince Vladimir.Thousands of Kyiv’s residents came to greet the Russian Patriarch, but there was also a rally of his opponents who are dissatisfied with the fact that the Ukrainian Orthodox Church is subdued to the Russian Patriarch’s office.“Prince >>>

A cleric blocking Femen activist Yana Zhdanova from reaching Patriarch Kirill. Zhdanova was sentenced Friday to 15 days' administrative arrest for the topless protest. A Ukrainian court on Friday handed down a 15-day administrative sentence to a women's rights activist who bared her breasts and threw herself at Russian Orthodox Patriarch Kirill in Kyiv's Borispol Airport. The sentenced activist, identified as Yana Zhdanova on rights group Femen's LiveJournal page, told the Interfax news agency that the court's >>>