Kyiv, July 2 (ANI): Six members of the Ukrainian feminist group, Femen, held a bare-breasted protest in Kyiv on Sunday against the visit by Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko to watch the Euro 2012 final.According to Sports 24, the women stripped off their tops in front of Kyiv's Olympic stadium that hosted the soccer final.Several women wore balaclavas and brandished rubber batons alluding to Lukashenko's crackdowns on protesters.One woman wore a wig and a fake moustache to resemble the man once described by the United States as 'Europe's last dictator', who is subjected >>>

Six members of the Ukrainian feminist group Femen held a bare-breasted protest in Kyiv on Sunday against a visit by Belarussian strongman Alexander Lukashenko to watch the Euro 2012 final. The women stripped off their tops in front of Kyiv's Olympic stadium that will host the football final, with several wearing balaclavas and brandishing rubber batons in a reference to Lukashenko's crackdowns on protesters. One woman sported a wig and a fake moustache to make her resemble the man once described by the United States as "Europe's last dictator", who is subject to a European Union-wide travel ban >>>

A Femen protester wielding a rubber stick against police at a rally outside Kyiv’s Olympic Stadium on Sunday. KYIV — Ukraine kept the embarrassing case of jailed former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko largely out of sight, the West’s token protests barely registered, and Ukraine, in the end, threw a smiling, trouble-free party that made it many friends among Europe’s football-going public. The only crowd violence — a persistent fear of organizers at big football feasts — took place not in Ukraine but in >>>

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June 25, 2012 By Karrin Anderson The Ukrainian anti-human trafficking group FEMEN engaged in their signature form of embodied protest at Euro 2012 last week, standing on table tops stripped to the waist,  denouncing the competition as a magnet for sex trafficking. Major sporting events (like large corporate and political conventions) are notorious for attracting traffickers who gather to service a customer base emboldened by liquor, a celebratory spirit, the anonymity provided by travel, and opportunity. According to Reuters, although >>>

ANDREW KRAVCHENKO/EPA Italy ended up winning the shootout, 4-2 , but we think there should be a different way to decide a winner, especially in the quarterfinals of a major tournament. So in some strange, barely-related way, we support the Ukraine’s most notorious feminist group in its disapproval of what transpired on the field at Kyiv’s Olympic Stadium. SERGEI SUPINSKY/AFP/GettyImages Italian fans, on the other hand, have no complaints about the final score. That said, the Azzurri did make the supporter below suffer more than she should have, considering her team dominated >>>

ANDREW KRAVCHENKO/EPA Italy ended up winning the shootout, 4-2 , but we think there should be a different way to decide a winner, especially in the quarterfinals of a major tournament. So in some strange, barely-related way, we support the Ukraine’s most notorious feminist group in its disapproval of what transpired on the field at Kyiv’s Olympic Stadium. SERGEI SUPINSKY/AFP/GettyImages Italian fans, on the other hand, have no complaints about the final score. That said, the Azzurri did make the supporter below suffer more than she should have, considering her team dominated >>>

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Wonder Woman Just a Gal Potpourri Story Activists from the women's Ukrainian rights group Femen went topless to protest against sex tourism during Euro 2012.Femen activists claim that Euro 2012, which Ukraine was co-hosting with Poland, was a centre spot for sex tourists- and was intented to make money out of the country's booming sex >>>

UEFA is acting like “pimps” on the issue of prostitution in Ukraine during Euro 2012, according to one of the country’s leading feminist organisations.Prostitution is illegal in Ukraine, but government estimates suggest some 12,000 women are involved in the sex industry, while unofficial sources claim the true figure is much higher.In an exclusive interview with Goal.com, Inna Shevchenko, spokeswoman for Femen, claims UEFA is well aware of the problem but has shown no desire to help tackle it. “The reason I am against UEFA is because they are just here to make money,” she said. >>>