Three women who were filmed twerking in front a Second World War memorial in Russia were reportedly jailed for hooliganism.
In a YouTube video, six dancers are seen performing the provocative and popular move along to music in front of the Malaya Zemlya monument in Novorossiysk, southern Russia.
Prosecutors said the “erotic and sexual twerk dance” was disrespectful to those who fought in the war and jailed two of the women for ten days and a third for 15 days.
Two others escaped with fines, and another dancer avoided punishment as she was under 16.
The Malaya Zemlya memorial, completed in 1982, commemorates a battle to free Novorossiysk from German occupation in 1943.
The women's sentences come as Russia prepares to mark the 70th anniversary of the Second World War victory. In 2012, members of the Russian punk band Pussy Riot were jailed after performing a protest song in Moscow's main cathedral; also on charges of hooliganism.