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Say "No" to Bombs, "Yes" to Boobs

Historically, Russians have glorified breasts and now the fascination is starting to sublimate into official, online, boobs-related ventures. Let us introduce two projects, which fill the computer screens of most Russians with tits on daily basis.

First is the "Boobs on Saturdays": Artemy Lebedev, Russia' most prominent graphic designer, creator of the Optimus Maximus keyboard and, incidentally, art director of this magazine, runs a hugely popular rubric in his LiveJournal blog. It's called "Сиськи" (boobs). Lebedev asks his female readers to send a photo of their boobs with two conditions: the breasts' owner's face must be visible and she has to display her LiveJournal username. Every post creates an instant and short-lived sex symbol of the Russian blogosphere. Lebedev runs the column every Saturday; each post gets up to several hundred comments.

Second project is a startup called OBoobs.ru, whose aim, according to the founders, is "to create a terrible-porn-banner-free environment where users can enjoy looking at naked women." Doesn't this mission sound very convincing? The site allows users to upload their own photos and sort the library by size, naturalness, quality of photography and fame. At press time, there were only two "famous boobs" images on display, one of which being a scan of the Citizen K magazine cover.

Here are some of the photos from the Lebedev's LiveJournal blog:

Dasha, 22 years old. LiveJournal username: Black_Mist

LiveJournal username: Sorrow_7

Emma, 26 years old. LiveJournal username:Emka-82


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