An influential Moscow banker's wife has appeared nude in men's magazines and will make a soft-core porn film, shocking the Russian upper class.
Olga Rodionova, 31, has posed for Penthouse and Playboy, and appears in dozens of other magazines, the Times of London Online reported.
Rodionova, a businesswoman and mother, has been met with disapproval by some in Moscow's normally staid upper crust -- but not by her mogul husband. Sergei Rodionov, 44, said he is proud of his wife, took her first pictures, and even paid for some of her shoots.
I see the nudity as art, Rodionova said. I have no time for those who criticise me for posing. They are being narrow-minded.
But others disagree.
A beautiful young wife is a must for a rich Russian, said a Moscow socialite. It gives status, just like having a villa in the south of France, luxury cars and bodyguards. But their wives are meant to look good and spend their time buying expensive clothes, not taking them off as a career.