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Femen activist fined for stabbing Putin waxwork

PARIS – A Ukrainian member of the Femen movement was slapped with over €6,000 ($7,300) in fines on Wednesday for impaling a wax statue of Russian President Vladimir Putin with a stake, while bare-breasted, in a Paris museum. Iana Jdanova, 26, is the first member of the women’s movement to be fined in France for their signature topless protests, which they have staged in the Notre Dame cathedral, on top of the Moulin Rouge cabaret and on the Champs Elysees avenue. In June, the Ukrainian who has been exiled in France for two years, bared her breasts in the >>>

Vlad the Impaled: Femen Militant Fined for Stabbing Putin Waxwork

A Ukrainian member of the Femen movement was slapped with over 6,000 euros ($7,300) in fines on Wednesday for impaling a wax statue of Russian President Vladimir Putin with a stake, while bare-breasted, in a Paris museum. Iana Jdanova, 26, is the first member of the women's movement to be fined in France for their signature topless protests, which they have staged in the Notre Dame cathedral, on top of the Moulin Rouge cabaret and on the Champs Elysees avenue. In June, the Ukrainian who has been exiled in France for two years, bared her breasts in the presidents' hall of the Grevin Waxworks >>>

Vlad, the impaled? Topless activist fined for stabbing Putin waxwork

In June, the Ukrainian who has been exiled in France for two years, bared her breasts in the presidents’ hall of the Grevin Waxworks Museum. — File picPARIS, Oct 16 — A Ukrainian member of the Femen movement was slapped with over €6,000 (RM25,209) in fines yesterday for impaling a wax statue of Russian President Vladimir Putin with a stake, while bare-breasted, in a Paris museum. Iana Jdanova, 26, is the first member of the women’s movement to be fined in France for their signature topless protests, >>>

Mixed Outcomes for Femen Activists in French Court

Saturday, Oct. 18Broaden your literary horizons during Reading Time at the British Book Center. An assigned text will be discussed with a native speaker on hand to guide the conversation. The chosen text for this session is H.G. Wells’ 1903 children’s tale “The Magic Shop.”Cirque du Soleil’s latest foray into the art of acrobatics is iD, which premieres in the city this evening. Blending street dances and culture with electronic rock music, the show promises to be a modern marvel encompassing various aspects of today’s culture. Tickets start at 1,000 rubles ($25) and >>>

Vlad the impaled: Femen militant fined for stabbing Putin waxwork

A Ukrainian member of the Femen movement was slapped with over 6,000 euros ($7,300) in fines on Wednesday for impaling a wax statue of Russian President Vladimir Putin with a stake, while bare-breasted, in a Paris museum. Iana Jdanova, 26, is the first member of the women's movement to be fined in France for their signature topless protests, which they have staged in the Notre Dame cathedral, on top of the Moulin Rouge cabaret and on the Champs Elysees avenue. In June, the Ukrainian who has been exiled in France for two years, bared her breasts in the presidents' hall of the Grevin Waxworks Museum. With >>>

Vlad the impaled: Femen militant fined for stabbing Putin waxwork

A Ukrainian member of the Femen movement was slapped with over 6,000 euros ($7,300) in fines on Wednesday for impaling a wax statue of Russian President Vladimir Putin with a stake, while bare-breasted, in a Paris museum.Iana Jdanova, 26, is the first member of the women's movement to be fined in France for their signature topless protests, which they have staged in the Notre Dame cathedral, on top of the Moulin Rouge cabaret and on the Champs Elysees avenue.In June, the Ukrainian who has been exiled in France for two years, bared her breasts in the presidents' hall of the Grevin Waxworks Museum.With >>>

Femen protester fined for Putin stunt

A Ukrainian member of the Femen movement has been slapped with more than 6000 euros (NZ$9700) in fines for impaling a wax statue of Russian President Vladimir Putin with a stake, while bare-breasted, in a Paris museum. Iana Jdanova, 26, is the first member of the women's movement to be fined in France for their signature topless protests, which they have staged in the Notre Dame cathedral, on top of the Moulin Rouge cabaret and on the Champs Elysees avenue. In June, the Ukrainian who has been exiled in France for two years, bared her breasts in the presidents' hall of the Grevin Waxworks Museum. With >>>

Topless Femen Activist Fined for Attacking Vladimir Putin Statue

PARIS — A member of topless feminist group Femen was convicted of exhibitionism Wednesday after attacking a statue of Russian President Vladimir Putin at a wax museum. With "Kill Putin" written on her nude breasts, Iana Zhdanova target the likeness of Putin at the Musee Grevin with a wooden stake in June.The Ukrainian activist, who has lived in France for two years as a political refugee, laughed in court after the judge ordered her to pay fine of 1,500 euros ($1,897) for vandalism and a crime called "sexual exhibition" in French, as well as other damages payable >>>

Femen protester fined for stabbing Putin waxwork topless

Iana Jdanova, 26, is the first member of the feminist group to be fined in France for staging one of their signature topless protests. On 5 June the self-styled “sextremist” went to the Heads of State room of Paris’s Musée Grevin waxworks, took off her top and stabbed the Russian president’s waxwork with a red-pointed stick while shouting “Putin dictator!” The court fined her 1,500 euros for sexual exhibition - the first time the French legal system has judged Femen’s bare-breasted demonstrations to be sexual in nature – and ordered her to pay the Musée Grevin 3,004 euros >>>

Topless activist fined for exhibitionism in attack on Putin wax figure

PARIS (Reuters) - A Ukrainian activist belonging to topless feminist group Femen was convicted for exhibitionism by a Paris court on Wednesday for having attacked a statue of Russian President Vladimir Putin at a wax museum in the capital. Iana Zhdanova, with "Kill Putin" written on her nude breasts, attacked the likeness of Putin at the Musee Grevin in the capital with a wooden stake in June. The activist, who has lived in France for two years as a political refugee, laughed in court after the judge ordered her to pay fine of 1,500 euros >>>