Posted on July 29, 2013, MondayKYIV: Vladimir Putin urged Ukraine to join forces with Russia Saturday during a visit to Kyiv which saw feminist group Femen claim three of its activists were “abducted” ahead of a protest.The Russian president said the inhabitants of the two former Soviet states were “one people”, highlighting an ongoing tug-of-war Moscow has with Brussels over Ukraine’s moves to seek closer ties with the EU.In Ukraine to celebrate the 1025th anniversary of the arrival of Christianity in what was once known as Kyivan Rus, a vast territory comprising modern-day Ukraine >>>

KYIV, Ukraine, July 28 (UPI) -- A Ukrainian feminist group says three of its members and a photographer were kidnapped shortly before a protest in Kyiv, but police say they were arrested. The alleged kidnapping of activists Oksana Shashko, Alexander Shevchenko and Yana Zhdanova, as well as photographer Dmitry Kostyukov happened Saturday in Kyiv, RIA Novosti reported. The feminist group Femen -- which calls itself "sextremist" -- said the four were "severely" beaten and forced into a vehicle. The group said the kidnapping was organized by Russian and Ukrainian security services to prevent the >>>

Femen, which originated in Ukraine, sends attractive young women out to remove their tops at protests, exposing slogans written across their breasts and backs.But this approach has riled right wingers in Kyiv, who recently assaulted Femen supporter and political scientist Viktor Svyatsky.According to a report in the Mail Online, he was attacked close to Femen's headquarters and may have suffered a broken jaw.His assailants allegedly declared that "the girls will be next" if there were any Femen protests when Russian president Vladimir Putin visited the city.The following day, Femen posted a notice >>>

Russian President Vladimir Putin (right) and his Ukrainian counterpart Viktor Yanukovich attend a ceremony celebrating Navy Day in Sevastopol yesterday.AFP/KyivA photographer and three members of the feminist movement Femen known for their bare-breasted protests were illegally held in police custody overnight after being abducted by unknown assailants during Vladimir Putin’s visit to Ukraine, the group said yesterday. Police denied the four were snatched off the streets of the Ukranian capital Kyiv in broad daylight on Saturday. A police spokesman said they were detained when the topless >>>

Three activists with the radical feminist Femen movement and a Russian photographer have spent the night in police custody after being detained on July 27. The group claimed on July 28 that the four had been snatched off a street in Kyiv by unknown assailants in civilian clothes the previous afternoon. Police say they were detained for disobeying police orders when the three activists were posing topless. The activists -- Oleksandra Shevchenko, Yana Zhdanova, and Oksana Shachko -- now face charges of petty hooliganism, while the photographer is charged with disobeying a police officer. They >>>

FEMEN - Malek Boutih, l'ancien Président de SOS Racisme et député socialiste de l'Essonne a voulu montrer son soutien à la femen tunisienne Amina dont le procès a commencé lundi 22 juillet. Dans le contexte actuel, le petit geste du député publié sur son site et sur le compte Twitter des Femen a dû être très apprécié. En effet, les agressions contre les femen se multiplient. Samedi 27 juillet au matin, la dirigeante des Femen a été agressée peu avant le début de la visite en Ukraine du président russe >>>

Posted by Asad Naeem 44 KYIV: Vladimir Putin urged Ukraine to join forces with Russia Saturday during a visit to Kyiv which saw feminist group Femen claim three of its activists were "abducted" ahead of a protest.The Russian president said the inhabitants of the two former Soviet states were "one people", highlighting an ongoing tug-of-war Moscow has with Brussels over Ukraine's >>>

MOSCOW, July 27 (RIA Novosti) – A self-styled “sextremist” group said Saturday that three of its activists and a photographer were assaulted and kidnapped in the Ukrainian capital, but police said the four were detained for hooliganism and disobeying police orders.Femen said in a statement that activists Oksana Shashko, Alexander Shevchenko and Yana Zhdanova, as well as photographer Dmitry Kostyukov were “severely” beaten up and forced into a car.It claimed the abduction was organized by Russian and Ukrainian security services to prevent the group’s topless protest against what it >>>

MOSCOW, July 27 (RIA Novosti) – A self-styled “sextremist” group said Saturday that three of its activists and a photographer were assaulted and kidnapped in the Ukrainian capital, but police said the four were detained for hooliganism and disobeying police orders.Femen said in a statement that activists Oksana Shashko, Alexander Shevchenko and Yana Zhdanova, as well as photographer Dmitry Kostyukov were “severely” beaten up and forced into a car.It claimed the abduction was organized by Russian and Ukrainian security services to prevent the group’s topless protest against what it >>>

MOSCOW, July 27 (RIA Novosti) – A self-styled “sextremist” group said Saturday that three of its activists and a photographer were assaulted and kidnapped in the Ukrainian capital, but police said the four were detained for hooliganism and disobeying police orders.Femen said in a statement that activists Oksana Shashko, Alexander Shevchenko and Yana Zhdanova, as well as photographer Dmitry Kostyukov were “severely” beaten up and forced into a car.It claimed the abduction was organized by Russian and Ukrainian security services to prevent the group’s topless protest against what it >>>