Elspeth Lodge February 17, 2011 – 11:27 am
A group of customs officers in Vladivostok has earned Prime Minister Vladimir Putin’s wrath after they created an risqué YouTube video that went viral in Russia.
The mildly NSFW video shows a female worker rubbing customs forms against her breasts and officials dancing, uncorking champagne and even dive bombing across the floor in their offices.
“Discipline needs to be lifted in some areas a little,” Mr. Putin said on state television. “I also like a laugh and a joke, but artistic creativity is best left for the house of culture.”
Mr. Putin agreed with the head of customs that the officers who made the video are talented, but that these particular talents are perhaps best left for non-office time: “Their talent needs to be put to use somewhere else. But not at work,” he said. “At work they need to work on implementing customs rules and doing their job.”
With files from Agence France-Presse
