Students of the Ulyanovsk university danced in underwear. The rector compared them to Pussy Riot, the governor promised the “most tough” check

On January 16, a viral video shot by students of the Ulyanovsk Civil Aviation Institute appeared on social networks. In it, cadets, dressed only in underpants, suspenders and caps, parody the clip of the Italian DJ Benny Benany “Satiffaction”. The leadership of the university stated that the video was “mocking the industry” and “mocking the saint” and promised to find and punish the withdrawn cadets. The transport prosecutor’s office began checking the actions of students for “compliance with air legislation”, and the governor of the Ulyanovsk region announced the creation of an interdepartmental commission to investigate the situation.

Cadets of the Aviation Institute from Ulyanovsk shot a parody of the Satiffact Clip - in shorts and uniforms

On January 16, a video shot by cadets of the Ulyanovsk Institute of Civil Aviation named after B.P. Bugaeva (Wiga) - they parody the clip for the song "SatisFaction", which was released in 2002 by the Italian DJ Benny Benassion. In a two -minute video shot in one plan, several young people dance to the music in underwear, boots, caps, butterflies and ties; In their hands, young people hold construction tools. As Meduza explained by one of the Cadets of Wig, the video was shot in one of the three dormitories of the institute. The video is obviously inspired by the same video shot in 2015 by the British military.

The video of the cadets became viral. One of the largest VKontakte publics MDK secured the video on the wall, only this copy per day watched 2.5 million times a day, copies in other publics scored at least one and a half million views. City , regional , and then federal media wrote about the video. In these texts and plots, the video is called “erotic” , as well as “BDSM clip” , “sex clip” ; Many publications give comments on offended users who believe that cadets “disgrace civil aviation”. Western media began to write about the video, in particular the Daily Mail and Newsweek .

Update. Students of other institutions began to shoot videos in support of Ulyanovsk students .

University leadership criticized the video, the prosecutor's office began the audit

The head of the organizational and educational department of Wig, Peter Timofeev called the behavior of the cadets "disgusting." “Now we deal with this matter, we are trying to evaluate everything inside and outside the school. Of course, all this is very ugly. I have been working for more than 20 years, and this is the first case in my practice. Such an insult. They put so much in people, but they behave like that, ”said Timofeev.

Rector Wiga Sergey Krasnov said that the cadets were “mocking the saint”: “Some write that the guys were joking, but they would have done it at home, no one would notice. They were in the caps of civil aviation. <...> I myself have been in civil aviation for more than a dozen years, but there has never been such mockery over the industry. It is sad, but this is impossible to forgive. These people will not find a place in civil aviation. <...> I would even compare it with Pussy Riot, which mocked the Savior in the Cathedral of Christ, and Wiga is a temple of sciences that gives vouchers to life. ” Krasnov added that “the identities of the defendants have not yet been established” and that the leadership of a higher educational institution is going to “give a sober assessment to everyone” and “be sure to call parents”. The reception of the rector in the WIGA "Medusa" said that "the institution has not yet commented on the situation."

The Volga Transport Prosecutor's Office promised to check the “Video with Signs of Erotica”. The department is going to "give an assessment of the compliance of the actions of cadets with the requirements of federal legislation, including air." The Governor of the Ulyanovsk Region Sergey Morozov said on January 16 that a special commission would be versed in the actions of the cadets.

“They created a special commission together with the Federal Ministry of Transport and the Federal Air Transport Agency. There is an understanding that there is not a single representative of the Ulyanovsk region among the guys, all a hundred percent non -city guys. Now all of them, as it should be naughty children, are in a state of shock, cannot really explain why they did it. Moreover, on the eve of important dates-on Thursday [January 18], the 75th anniversary of the Ulyanovsk region will be celebrated, and this, of course, is a great insult to both the Ulyanovsk region and veterans, ”Merozov reported Morozov by his spokeswoman Timofei Goncharuk. He added that "the check will take place as very strictly as possible."

Update. On January 18, the prosecutor's office said that there are no grounds for expelling students, but university employees can be brought to disciplinary liability. The governor also called not to expel them, but promised to meet students and their parents to state his position "as a father, as a personnel officer."

Some civil aviation pilots offered to beat the cadets with a “ass belt”, others did not find anything offensive in the video

Honored pilot of Russia Magomed Tolboev said that “freshmen should not even move” (in which course students who starred in the video study is unknown). "It would be better if dancing was studied by the history of Russian aviation and the history of Russia!" - said Tolboev. The honored pilot of Russia Oleg Serov, in a conversation with Medusa, said that he was “ashamed” because the cadets “put on uniform caps”. “I would have it there, I would put a belt in the ass, especially with a buckle - so that the star is printed!” - said Serov "Medusa".

Andrei Lamanov, the Hero of Russia, the second pilot who made an emergency landing of the Tu-154 aircraft in Izhma in 2010 , told Medusa that "he sees absolutely nothing criminal in the video."

“Young guys were blowing; One hundred percent health, there is nowhere to put energy - in their free time they decided to throw it out like that. Each generation had their own idols, and each scolded the elders: "You are not dancing, you are not listening to the songs!" Ask your parents! - says Lamanov. - This is not mockery, just the foolishness of healthy young people. I would like to somehow turn [to the rector of Wig] so that radical measures are not taken to the guys. Why do they need to break their lives, they can grow out beautiful pilots from them. ” Lamanov added that uploading videos on the Internet "of course, there was nothing."

One of the heroes of the video in absentia asked for forgiveness by the video

Medusa talked with several Wig students, they said that there was a “mainly positive reaction” on the video among students at the university. “No one considers it something terrible,” one of the students said. The cadet, who starred in the video (he asked not to name the real name, only the pseudonym - Michael Stolykhin), told Medusa that "he did not expect so much hype." “I thought everything would be on the local level. As they say, “Hypann is a little,” said Stolykhin. - Although it is very pleasant that we were fixed at the MDK at the beginning of the page, and we scored a lot of views. Only the leadership did not appreciate, although we tried so hard. ” He added that the shooting did not take much time: "They drove off a couple of times, everything was clearly, quickly."

“Honestly, I don’t know, [are there already sanctions on the part of the leadership of the university], they didn’t find me, I’m not in business, I’m sitting in my trench $”, ”Stolykhin wrote to the Medusa correspondent. [About the rest] I heard that, it seems, should not be deducted. But I'm afraid. And most importantly, the video was shot for the sake of a fan, many of us have girls. ” When asked how he would answer the rector Wig Sergei Krasnov for accusations of “mocking over the industry”, the young man said: “I would apologize. I am sorry that they don’t understand humor ... more, of course, this will not happen again. ”

At the end of the conversation, the cadet wrote: “Yes, I want to become a pilot! /Sky in the stars to conquer! / You forgive the idiot / that you managed to shoot garbage. ”

Evgeny Berg