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FEMEN mud fight against dirty politics
19 October 2008, 22:18
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Photo by Yaroslav DebelyiFEMEN mud fighters
FEMEN, a grassroots female organization, performed yet another colorful show on Kyiv's Maidan Nezalezhnosti on Oct. 19.
Regardless of cold weather, they dressed down to swimsuits and threw mud at each other, protesting dirty and exhausting fights among politicians.
Political bickering of the former Orange Revolution allies caused the breakdown of a ruling coalition in September and appointment of a new parliamentary election on December 7 - a third one in the same number of years.
FEMEN activists came to public spotlight for their effective performances designed to draw public attention to acute social problems. They protested against the influx of sex tourists to Ukraine earlier this year, as well as the Soviet tradition of switching off hot water during the summer.
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