“Young silly girls” that’s how Vladimir Putin’s press secretary Dmitry Peskov referred to Ukrainian Femen movement activists Oxana Shachko, Anna Deda and Irina Fomina. The three were sentenced to 5-12 days jail for appearing topless at an election site during the presidential vote in Russia and imitating an attempt to steal the ballot box, which Putin had used to vote earlier in the day.
It was the first time Deda and Fomina had been in jail…..

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This is a short Christmas story about people who respect their traditions. During a celebrating of Orthodox Christmas in the Carpathian villages adults and children in traditional dress walk door-to-door to perform Christmas carols, known locally as “Kolyadki”, attend church services and mourn their deseased relatives.  Ukraine, january 2008-2009