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This month, a group of male students from the Ulyanovsk Institute of Civil Aviation made a YouTube clip of themselves dancing in their underwear and cadet hats to an early 2000s club hit, “Satisfaction.” In the video, the young cadets strutted through the hallways and rooms of their dorm as they gyrated their hips to the beat and performed ordinary tasks such as ironing or mopping the floor.
Russia’s Federal Air Transport Agency wasn’t laughing. The agency responded to the cadets’ video by saying the “strictest disciplinary measures” would be taken against “all involved in this immoral episode.”
“Frivolous dances in underwear in the institute’s uniform cap on the territory of the aviation university are unacceptable,” the statement said. “Civil aviation is a highly responsible branch in which discipline and order are the guarantee of quality and safety.”
The “offending” video:
The agency’s harsh response set in motion what has now become known as the “Satisfaction Challenge” (it even has a hashtag), a flash mob of videos supporting the cadets. Within hours of the Russian authorities’ threats, dozens of videos appeared on YouTube and social media in support of the cadets.
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