20.08 Russian Teens Fined for Erotic Strip Grad Party

CHITA, August 20 (RIA Novosti) - A court in Russia�s east Siberia fined two teenagers 3,000 rubles ($91) each for organizing a high school graduation party in a night club with erotic contests and 13-year-old go-go dancers, the local prosecutor�s office said Tuesday.

�Nineteen-year-olds Maxim Misyura and Yury Kulakov were found guilty of� distributing information among children that is detrimental to their health and development,� the Zabaikalsky Region Prosecutor�s Office said in a statement.

According to prosecutors, the two teenagers in the city of Chita organized a party on May 25 for some 150 underage students in a local night club, to celebrate the so-called �Final Bell� for graduating from school

The party, attended by local students as young as age 13 and led by a 17-year-old MC, included erotic contests such as �who collects most bras from the audience� and featured two 13-year-old go-go dancers, who were hired by the organizers via a social website.

The MC was also fined 2,000 rubles ($60), while the teenage strip dancers received a court warning, prosecutors added.