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''Happy Birthday, Mr. Putin!'' is an English title〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Pictures: Vladimir Putin's bizarre Calendar )〕 of the erotic calendar, released by the Russian publishing house "Fakultet" for the 58th birthday of Vladimir Putin on October 7, 2010. The calendar features twelve semi-nude female students of journalism faculty at the Moscow State University (MSU), each for every month, with a short message. The print run consisted of 50,000 copies. The calendar caused a stir in the international media. In a less than one day the images from the calendar have been reposted from its original web source by several thousands Russian users of LiveJournal. MSU journalism student Yelena Sadikova (unrelated to calendar) died of acute myeloid leukemia after refusing to accept the money from calendar's sales, needed for her treatment. A day after the calendar's release six other students of the same university made an internet version, critical of Putin, which received an online support. The calendar was followed by lampoon version with the heads of Russian politicians imposed on original female bodies. Other versions include that dedicated to the end of Valentina Matviyenko's gubernatorial tenure. A calendar, inspired by the original version, was also made for the Mayor of Omsk. ==Original calendar== The student girls for the calendar were selected via social network by one of the producers. The shootings lasted for three days and from over 10,000 shots thirteen were chosen. The girls are dressed in lacy lingerie and each page contains a speech bubble with the girl's name. The images were originally published on the LiveJournal page of Kristina Potupchik, a press-secretary of Russian youth movement Nashi. The movement, however, denied any connection with the calendar. According to calendar's producer Vladimir Tabak, the publishing house, which released the calendar, was established by the MSU students, who have never been the members of political youth organizations.〔 Each speech bubble text begins with "Vladimir Vladimirovich..." The messages are the following, starting from January: "Every needs a man like you", ""How about a third go?" (referring to Putin's anticipated third presidential term), "“The forest fires have been put out, but I'm still burning!" (referring to 2010 Russian wildfires), "You are the best!", "I love you!", "Give me a ride on Kalina!", "Would you take me as a co-pilot?", "If not you, who?", "You only get better with the years", "You are my Premier", "I don't need rynda, I need you" (referring to Putin's reply to an internet user's request, known as Putin's rynda) and "I want to congratulate you personally. Call 8-925-159-17-28".〔 The revenue from calendar's sales was planned to go for charity.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Happy Birthday, Mr. Putin!」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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