Three Topless Women Protest Putin's Treatment Of Pussy Riot At German Event: Security Guards Were 'Heavy Handed' Russian President Jokes [VIDEO]

Several topless female demonstrators rushed at Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday, in protest of his treatment of the feminist punk rock collective Pussy Riot, according to Reuters.

Putin was watching Volkswagen CEO Martin Winterkorn unveil a new automobile model with German Chancellor Angela Merkel at an industrial fair in Northern Germany when the topless protestors ran at the Russian President, yelling: "fuck dictator," according to Agence France Presse.

At least one of the protestors seen in NVT's video footage appears to have the same words meaning the same thing written across her torso. The protestors were quickly tacked and escorted out of the event by security personnel.

Putin joked about the event at a press conference later on in the day.

"Regarding this performance, I liked it," grinned Putin at the joint news conference with German Chancellor Angela Merkel, according to Reuters.

Putin quipped that the security personnel could have been a little less heavy handed.

The three topless women who staged the anti-Putin protest are members of the women's rights group Femen which has been staging protests against the Russian government's detention of the feminist punk rock band and activist collective Pussy Riot, known to pose for photo shoots in ski masks as shown above.

Two members of Pussy Riot, Nadezhda Tolokonnikova and Maria Alyokhina were sentenced to two years in a Russian labor camp in August, according to the London Standard.

The women were convicted of hooliganism charges after performing a punk rock anthem that protested Putin's policies in a cathedral in Moscow.

Putin feels the protestors need to employ non-topless tactics if they wanted to be taken seriously.

"I did not catch what they were shouting, I did not even see if they were blondes, brunettes or chestnut-haired," he said. "I don't see anything terrible in [the topless protest] though I think...it is better to be dressed if one wants to discuss political matters."

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