A beauty pageant for female Russian prison officers has been blasted by activists for 'objectifying women'. Captain Ekaterina Vasilieva, from Vladimir region, wanted to be a fashion model but then decided to follow her family's tradition and become the third generation to be a jail guard. Senior Lieutenant Valeria Agoyan, from Ulyanovsk region, graduated three years ago and now works at a female penal colony in Kurgan region. Ensign Veronika Unzhakov studied for a degree in Jurisprudence before entering the prison service in Kemerovo region, Siberia. 'As objects that can be admired, that can be lusted after, but that are not interesting in any other way...

Source: Daily Mail June 09, 2021 08:41 UTC