Feminism in Russia as well as income inequality and a greater burden of household work. In spite of this, the concern with feminism waned during this period. After the fall of the Soviet Union in 1991, feminist circles arose among the intelligentsia, though the term continues to carry negative connotations among contemporary Russians. In the 21st century some Russian feminists, such as the punk-rock band Pussy Riot, have again aligned themselves with revolutionary anti-government movements, as in the 2012 demonstrations against President Vladimir Putin, which led to a lawyer representing the Russian Orthodox Church calling feminism a "mortal sin". Russian feminism originated in
Roman Putin Roman Putin Roman Igorevich Putin (, born 10 November 1977) is a Russian businessman and president of the Russian Taekwondo Federation. Roman Putin's grandfather, Alexander, was the uncle of the President of Russia, Vladimir Putin. Putin was born in Ryazan, Russia, in 1977. Roman Putin graduated with honors from the Volsk branch of the Military Academy of Logistics in 2001, and then for two years worked as an FSB officer. Between 2006 and 2009 he served as a security adviser to the governor of Ryazan Oblast, where he is credited with restoration of the Voluntary People's Druzhina. In 2012–2013 he