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Or alternatively because these 2 cities, along with Lugansk, were the scammer capitals of Ukraine before word got out and circulated.

Caveat Emptor!

Looks like Google agree with them -

https://twitter.com/ianbremmer/status/455443016791363585/photo/1

Not only is it now in Russia, it has federal city status like Moscow and St Petersburg.

Ukraine's finest export FEMEN bring their message to Notre Dame in Paris...

http://www.france24.com/en/20130213-.a-watch-france

Great post, WK.

Have to say they make quite a convincing case in a country in which it's very difficult to find an effective avenue of protest.

And young Alexandra is frighteningly articulate....

Not content with branding Michel Platini as 'Mr Euro-Pimp 2012', one of the girls managed to 'attack' the trophy itself during the week.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bcHizhG4WuU&feature=related...

Not bad at all.

I like this slogan.

Kinda like a Government Health Warning in reverse... :)

I see the FEMEN girls made it to Moscow for the election last week.

They managed to protest at Putin's polling station before being dragged away.
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GT, you're on the right track, I'm sure.

Their 'protests' have definitely taken on a life of their own.

Like a cross between one of Ken Kesey's prankster capers and modern day 'flash mobs' (er,...

Great news Comrades - the legendary FEMEN girls made it to Davos.

After 5 days of gloom and torpor, just when the assembled press contingent thought they were about to pass away from boredom and...

Our favourite ladies export their unique type of protest to Russia.

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xmvse2_nude-protests-large-rally-in-moscow_news

You have to admire their determination in...

Good point, Knight.

Prior to Eurovision a visa was necessary for most to visit Ukraine and so only a select and dedicated few made their way to Candyland.

Approx 6 months before EV, Ukraine...

Thanks, Prosol - anywhere west of Sevastopol will do me just fine. :)

Indeed he may soon have a lot more time on his hands for this kind of thing. :)

Prosal,

Many thanks for bringing this vital piece of information to our attention.

Actually, this looks like one of their better selected and targeted protests.

Apparently they're on a...

Whatever your opinion of Yulia going down for 7 years, at least it brought some our favourite Ukrainian ladies of FEMEN back on to the streets:
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Have you considered kidnapping yourself?

The best form of defence is usually to attack.

So what you could do on arrival in Kiev is this...

Immediately after exiting the terminal grab your...

Harry,

Can't help wondering if you're being ironic or just plain winding us up by any chance?

Lugansk is indeed such "a poor, miserable city" that it (along with Kherson) became the centre of...

Our favourite political activists FEMEN returned to the streets of the capital during the week.

The topic this time was government "sloppiness" with a few other bits and pieces thrown in.

But...

True, but don't forget she's originally a Russian-speaker from Dnipropetrovsk with Armenian, Jewish and Latvian background.

The Ukrainian-speaking, western, re-invented version only dates from...

Oh Bez, you've outdone yourself this time ;-)

I'm inclined to agree with you on this one, Cruiser.

You've been laying down a marker about the unsustainability of the prevailing economic situation in Kiev/Ukraine for some time now.

Things...

I think Nolies is known for this kind of humour.