3 young women jailed in Russia for twerking next to monument

A court in southern Russia has sentenced three young women to brief jail terms for making a video showing them twerking next to a World War II memorial. Russia celebrates the 70th anniversary of the Allies’ victory in the World War II next month, an emotionally charged holiday the Kremlin has been using for propaganda purposes. This is a second twerking scandal in Russia in less than two weeks.

The parents were also charged with…the failure to encourage the physical, intellectual, physiological, spiritual and moral development of a child.

Prosecutors

Prosecutors said in a statement Saturday that five women were found guilty of “hooliganism” and two of them were spared jail because of poor health. Hooliganism is the charge that sent two members of punk band Pussy Riot to prison for two years for an impromptu protest at Moscow’s main cathedral in 2012.

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