{"id":161298,"date":"2012-02-14T13:22:15","date_gmt":"2012-02-14T09:22:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.epress.am\/?p=161298"},"modified":"2012-02-14T13:22:15","modified_gmt":"2012-02-14T09:22:15","slug":"femen-protests-topless-against-gazprom-vladimir-putin-photos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/epress.am\/en\/2012\/02\/14\/femen-protests-topless-against-gazprom-vladimir-putin-photos.html","title":{"rendered":"FEMEN Protests Topless Against Gazprom, Vladimir Putin (PHOTOS)"},"content":{"rendered":"

It seems it’s never too cold for FEMEN. Despite temperatures dipping to minus 11 degrees Fahrenheit (about -24\u00baC), members of the Ukrainian activist group protested outside the headquarters of Russian gas monopoly Gazprom \u2014 topless, The Huffington Post<\/span><\/a><\/strong><\/span> reports.<\/p>\n

According to the Associated Press<\/span><\/a><\/strong><\/span>, the women held signs reading “Gas Racket” and “Gas Gangsters,” accusing Russian Prime Minster Vladimir Putin and Gazprom of subjugating Ukraine and Europe through its gas policies.<\/p>\n

According to the Russia Times<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/strong>, FEMEN’s official blog notes that the group is targeting Russia’s “gas terror” against Ukraine during the country’s freezing winter.<\/p>\n

“The organization is also protesting against Russia’s gas pressure, price monopoly, takeover of national gas transportation, and forcing gas-depending countries into dead-born political and economic unions,” the blog reportedly reads<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Gazprom is the biggest producer of natural gas<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/strong> in the world.<\/p>\n

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FEMEN was formed by radical feminists in 2008 to protest gender discrimination in post-Soviet society, Radio Free Europe\/Radio Liberty<\/span><\/a><\/strong><\/span> reports. The group has since expanded its efforts to include subjects such as international women’s issues, human rights, and opposition to Russian prime minister Vladimir Putin.<\/p>\n

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“Topless protests are probably the strongest and most effective form of peaceful and nonviolent protests to attract attention,” Anna Hutsol, one of FEMEN’s leaders, told Radio Free Europe\/Radio Liberty in an interview.<\/p>\n

“You can throw a grenade, go on hunger strike, blow something up or shoot someone. Or you can go out topless,” Hutsol said.<\/p>\n

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