KYIV, Ukraine — A bare-breasted feminist activist bearing a threatening message on her body tried to attack the Russian Orthodox Church's leader Thursday to protest alleged anti-Ukrainian policies by the church and the Kremlin.The protester with the controversial Ukrainian women's rights movement Femen managed to get within a yard of Patriarch Kirill at Kyiv's airport, but was stopped by a security guard and a priest.The woman, identified by Femen as Yana Zhdanova, had the words "Kill Kirill" written on her back in large black letters and shouted a phrase from a religious ritual that aims to >>>

FEMEN, a scandal-ridden Ukrainian “feminist” organization, which stood behind the action and which is known all over Europe for its protests featuring nude activists, only now released the name of the protesting woman – Yana Zhdanova.The Western media hastily linked the protest to the trial of the Pussy Riot, a like-minded group of Russian protesters, now facing charges of hooliganism in Moscow. But the local analysts say the PR actions against the Orthodox Church and against government officials could have a much stronger “domestic” stimulant. Ukraine is going to hold parliamentary elections >>>

News 26 July 2012, 18:55Patriarch Kirill's spokesman regrets incident at Kyiv airport Kyiv, July 26, Interfax - A spokesman for Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia has expressed his regret at an incident committed by a member of the feminist organization FEMEN during the Patriarch's welcoming ceremony at the Kyiv airport on Thursday. "It is very deplorable that people should be trying to mar Patriarch Kirill's beginning visit to Ukraine by such escapades," >>>

KYIV, Ukraine — A bare-breasted feminist activist bearing a threatening message on her body tried to attack the Russian Orthodox Church’s leader Thursday to protest alleged anti-Ukrainian policies by the church and the Kremlin. The protester with the controversial Ukrainian women’s rights movement Femen managed to get a meter (yard) within Patriarch Kirill at Kyiv’s airport, but was stopped by a security guard and a priest. The woman, identified by Femen as Yana >>>

Security guards detain an activist from women's rights group Femen as she protests against the visit of the head of the dominant Russian Orthodox Church, Patriarch Kirill, in Ukraine. REUTERS/Gleb Garanich Change text size for the story Print this story Report an error KYIV -  A bare-breasted young woman lunged >>>

Inna Sokolovska / EPAA topless activist of the Ukrainian feminist group Femen attempts to confront Patriarch Kirill, center right, after he landed at the Boryspil Airport in Kyiv, Ukraine on July 26, 2012. Gleb Garanich / ReutersPatriarch Kirill, right, the head of the Russian Orthodox Church, attends a welcoming ceremony as he arrives at the airport in Kyiv.A topless woman confronted the head of the Russian Orthodox Church as he arrived in Kyiv on Thursday in the latest in a string of eye-catching stunts pulled by a Ukrainian feminist group.An activist from the Femen women's rights group rushed >>>

KYIV, Ukraine - A bare-breasted feminist activist bearing a threatening message on her body tried to attack the Russian Orthodox Church's leader Thursday to protest alleged anti-Ukrainian policies by the church and the Kremlin. The protester with the controversial Ukrainian women's rights movement Femen managed to get a meter (yard) within Patriarch Kirill at Kyiv's airport, but was stopped by a security guard and a priest. The woman, identified by Femen as Yana Zhdanova, had the words "Kill Kirill" written on her back in large black letters and shouted a phrase from a religious ritual that aims >>>

KYIV, Ukraine — A bare-breasted feminist activist bearing a threatening message on her body tried to attack the Russian Orthodox Church's leader Thursday to protest alleged anti-Ukrainian policies by the church and the Kremlin. The protester with the controversial Ukrainian women's rights movement Femen managed to get a meter (yard) within Patriarch Kirill at Kyiv's airport, but was stopped by a security guard and a priest. The woman, identified by Femen as Yana Zhdanova, had the words "Kill Kirill" written on her back in large black letters >>>

The Femen group of female Ukrainian protesters, with a flair for topless stunts, have attempted to attack the head of the Russian Orthodox Church, Patriarch Kirill as he arrived at Kyiv’s airport on Thursday, but were swooped on by security. An activist rushed towards the patriarch in the Kyiv’s airport with bared breasts, yelling “Get out!” but security guards stopped the woman. “Regrettably, people are trying to mar the Patriarch’s visit to Ukraine through these stunts,” the head of the patriarch’s press service, Deacon Alexander Volkov, said, adding that such incidents signal >>>

4.07.2012 10:14, — Politics Kyiv law enforcement officers detained several Femen activists, protesting against the visit of Alexander Lukashenko to the finals of Euro 2012. Half-naked activist with masks on their faces and clubs in their hands shouted the slogan of the football tournament "Making history together" near the NSC "Olympic." "Thus the UEFA slogan "Making history together" has gathered specific names and the names of accomplices - Victor, Michelle, Renat, Boris, Alyaksandr, Kolia, Nikolai Yanovich (Volodya >>>