 In Kiev , Inna Shevchenko , a topless feminist activist from the group FEMEN , used a chainsaw to destroy a four @-@ meter wooden sculpture of Christ on the cross , on a hill overlooking the city center . The cross had been erected during the Orange Revolution of 2004 – 2005 , to commemorate victims of Stalin 's repression . The desecration of the cross was repudiated by Maria Alyokhina of Pussy Riot , who said " Their surprise displays and protests against authoritarianism are similar to us , but we look at feminism differently , especially the form of speech . We wouldn 't take our clothes off , and will not . Their latest action , the sawing of the cross , does not create a feeling of solidarity , unfortunately . " 
