Thursday, July 26, 2012

Topless Woman Tries to Attack Russian Patriarch; To Protest Anti-Ukraine Policy of Russian Church

The New York Daily News website reports today (July 26, 2012) that a bare-breasted feminist activist -- a member of the controversial Ukrainian women's rights group called Femen -- tried to attack the Russian Orthodox Church's leader to protest alleged anti-Ukrainian policies by the church and the Kremlin.

The protester managed to get a yard within Patriarch Kirill today at Ukraine's Kiev airport, but was stopped by a security guard and a priest.

The woman -- identified by Femen as Yana Zhdanova -- had the words "Kill Kirill" written on her back in large black letters, and shouted a phrase from a religious ritual that aims to expel demons, roughly translated as "Kirill, go to hell."

The commotion highlighted the tension that exists between Moscow and Kiev, as Ukraine tries to move out of Russia's shadow politically, economically, and spiritually. The Ukrainian Orthodox Church said it will not press charges against Zhdanova.

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