KYIV (AFP) - Three founders of Femen said Saturday they had left Ukraine in fear for their lives after police discovered weapons in their Kyiv offices that the feminist group says were planted.Alexandra Shevchenko, Anna Hutsol and Yana Zhdanova "have fled Ukraine fearing for their lives and for their liberty" and would "continue their activities in Europe", said a statement on the group's website.The three women decided to leave after Ukrainian police called them in for questioning on Friday, the statement said.The group, known for its topless political protests, is facing a criminal investigation >>>

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Photos According to a statement on the Femen website, they were "systematically harassed, severely beaten, kidnapped, and repeatedly received threats" in July.Femen maintains that Russian and Ukrainian special services perpetrated these acts under instructions from Russian president Vladimir Putin and his close ally, Ukrainian president Viktor Yanukovych."FEMEN officially says fuck off to all dictators," the group declares defiantly on its website.Femen reveals that Yana Zhdanova, Anna Hutsol, and Alexandra Shevchenko were summoned on August 30 to >>>

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Ukrainian feminist movement Femen said Wednesday it was moving out of its Kyiv offices, alleging official wiretapping, a day after police said they discovered a cache of illegal weapons in a raid of its premises.The group, known for its topless political protests, is facing a criminal probe for possession of illegal weapons after police searched its offices in central Kyiv on Tuesday, but said its decision to move out was made earlier over alleged bugging.The group is moving "for security reasons, since it is impossible >>>

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A Ukrainian policeman reads a protocol for searching the premises of the Ukrainian feminist movement FEMEN in Kyiv on Wednesday. According to the press service of the organization, police found a gun, a grenade, portraits of Russian President Vladimir Putin and of Patriarch Kirill. Anna Hutsol, leader of the organization, said that it was a provocation organized by the security services against the activists of the organization. Photo: CFP   >>>

VENICE – “Ukraine Is Not a Brothel,” a docu-feature from Australian Kitty Green which lifts the lid on Ukraine’s seemingly bizarre bare-breast feminist movement, has been acquired for international distribution by Tel Aviv’s Cinephil days before its premiere at Venice. Emerging from 2008, Ukrainian women’s movement Femen has become a tabloid press sensation, largely thanks to its strategy of staging incidents and supposed provocations, such as parading topless activists. Its protests run from >>>

2013-08-28 15:58 Anna Hutsol (L), Ukrainian feminist movement Femen leader, and activists Oleksandra Shevchenko pose for a photographer in the organisation's office in Kyiv after police conducted a search. (Sergei Supinsky, AFP) Multimedia   ·   User Galleries   ·   News in Pictures Send us your pictures  Â·  Send us your stories Kyiv - Ukrainian feminist movement Femen said on Wednesday it was moving out of its Kyiv offices, alleging >>>