A Russian court has jailed three women for performing a twerking dance in front of a World War Two memorial.<\/p>\n
The court in Novorossiysk gave two of the dancers 10 days in jail each, a third 15 days and two others received fines on charges of petty hooliganism.<\/p>\n
Prosecutors had said their “erotic and sexual twerk dance” was disrespectful to historic memory and unacceptable.<\/p>\n
Earlier this month, Russian officials closed a dance school after a similar dance video emerged on the internet.<\/p>\n
The latest incident involves six dancers – one of them a minor who was not convicted – who had posted a video on YouTube.<\/p>\n
“This incident of disrespect for the memory of war history is unacceptable and any attempts to desecrate sites of military glory will be stopped immediately,” prosecutors said.<\/p>\n
The sentences come as Russia prepares to mark the 70th anniversary of the World War Two victory.<\/p>\n
They also follow the incident early in April when a video clip from the Orenburg dance school on YouTube was viewed millions of times.<\/p>\n
The video clip, entitled Winnie the Pooh and the Bees, showed a group of teenage girls dancing on stage in striped leotards, long socks and mini-skirts,<\/p>\n
They perform hip-thrusting moves characteristic of twerking.<\/p>\n
A committee is investigating whether the performance amounts to negligence or even “debauched action”, which is punishable by a range of sanctions from community service to three years behind bars. – bbc.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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