A Russian government official is currently in hot water after his wife shot a twerking music video in the middle of a busy highway in Moscow. The video caused huge traffic delays and delayed ambulances.
Oksana Yakovleva, a 29-year-old amateur pop singer better known by her stage name, Yaxana, is married to Moscow region legislative assembly deputy Alexei Yakovlev, who is a member of the pro-Kremlin United Russia party.
Over the past weekend, Yaxana seemingly decided that in order to make her music video unique, she had to shoot right smack in the middle of the incredibly busy Moscow Ring Road. The Moscow Ring Road is known for being a heavily traffic-clogged 10-lane divided highway that encircles the Russian capital.
The video shows Yaxana and her two backup dancers in puffy white long-sleeved tops and skimpy red and black spandex bottoms, gyrating enthusiastically in front of a black SUV parked in the center lane as a camera operator films them. The video also featured some shots of the massive traffic backup behind the parked SUV, and cars honking in the background can be heard.
Despite the huge backup, the group seemed to remain oblivious to the cars and trucks attempting to maneuver around them. However, according to Yaxana, she and her crew were nervous the whole time.
“My cameraman was almost run over, it was scary,” Yaxana wrote on a now-deleted Instagram post. “I still have the jitters.”
Social media users in Russia weren’t too thrilled with the pop star’s stunt and erupted in anger over the footage.
The Moscow police filed a traffic violation report against Yaxana on Friday over the incident. Moscow City Hall’s traffic control center also tweeted that the stunt had delayed several ambulances that were caught in the traffic jam.
But more than that, Yaxana has created quite a headache for her politician husband. Yakovlev told the state-funded Channel 5 on Thursday that he planned to “scold” Yaxana once he comes back from a trip, according to the Moscow Times.
“I don’t need this PR. I think there are other more suitable places to film these kinds of performances,” Yakovlev said.
By: Maytinee Kramer
