[RFE/RL] Three young Russian ladies were handed brief jail sentences for making a music video that shows them twerking near a World War II memorial.It doesn't sound like they were actually "ladies."
A district court in the Black Sea coastal city of Novorossiisk found five ladies guilty of hooliganism. It sentenced one of them, a teenager, to 15 days in jail and two in their 20s to 10-day terms. Two others received fines after the court ruled they had health issues that prevented them from being jailed.
The hearing took place nearly two weeks after an investigation into a popular video showing a group of six ladies twerking next to the memorial. Prosecutors said the "erotic and sexual twerk dance" was disrespectful to the memory of those who fought in World War II.