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“It’s his movement and he hand-picked the girls,” filmmaker Kitty Green, who was given intimate access to the feminist group, told the Independent in reference to Viktor Svyatski’s influence on Femen. “He hand-picked the prettiest girls because the prettiest girls sell more papers. The prettiest girls get on the front page... that became their image, that became the way they sold the brand.”

“It’s his movement and he hand-picked the girls,” filmmaker Kitty Green, who was given intimate access to the feminist group, told the Independent in reference to Viktor Svyatski’s influence on Femen. “He hand-picked the prettiest girls because the prettiest girls sell more papers. The prettiest girls get on the front page... that became their image, that became the way they sold the brand.”

Femen, whose slogan is, “Our mission is protest, our weapons are bare breasts”, is famous for staging numerous incendiary protests, such as attacking Archbishop Andre-Joseph Leonard with water, shouts, and curses in April; chanting "Pope no More" in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican; protesting against government plans in Ukraine to outlaw abortion in some circumstances; and chainsawing Orthodox crosses in the wake of the [[Pussy Riot|conviction of a Russian punk band]].

Femen, whose slogan is, “Our mission is protest, our weapons are bare breasts”, is famous for staging numerous incendiary protests, such as attacking Archbishop Andre-Joseph Leonard with water, shouts, and curses in April; chanting "Pope no More" in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican; protesting against government plans in Ukraine to outlaw [[abortion]] in some circumstances; and chainsawing Orthodox crosses in the wake of the [[Pussy Riot|conviction of a Russian punk band]].

The revelation of Svyatski's leadership, which has since been confirmed by the group’s current leader, has sparked a furor, generating dozens of headlines in leading newspapers, with some commentators declaring that the group has lost credibility.<ref>[http://orthochristian.com/64045.html RADICAL FEMINIST TOPLESS PROTEST GROUP FEMEN MASTERMINDED BY MAN ‘TO GET GIRLS’: DOCUMENTARY]  By Peter Baklinski. Co-authored with John Jalsevac, Source: http://orthochristian.com (SOURCE: LifeSiteNews.com)</ref>}}

The revelation of Svyatski's leadership, which has since been confirmed by the group’s current leader, has sparked a furor, generating dozens of headlines in leading newspapers, with some commentators declaring that the group has lost credibility.<ref>[http://orthochristian.com/64045.html RADICAL FEMINIST TOPLESS PROTEST GROUP FEMEN MASTERMINDED BY MAN ‘TO GET GIRLS’: DOCUMENTARY]  By Peter Baklinski. Co-authored with John Jalsevac, Source: http://orthochristian.com (SOURCE: LifeSiteNews.com)</ref>}}