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GlobalPost: Femen, topless Ukrainian feminist group, opens 'boot camp' in Paris

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Oct. 5, 2012, 11:49 a.m. | Ukraine abroad — by GlobalPost

Ukraine's Inna Shevchencko, right, and other activists members of the women's rights group Femen, chants slogans during a topless march in Paris, Tuesday, Sept, 18, 2012.
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Femen, the group of Ukrainian feminists notorious for staging topless protests, have opened a global headquarters and "boot camp" in Paris.

The group set up their headquarters in a former theater in the Goutte d'Or district, according to The New York Daily News.

"Soldiers will be born here, but they will not be French soldiers," said Inna Shevchenko, according to the Guardian. "They will be feminist soldiers, international soldiers."

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