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As a student in Moscow last year, I wrote a bit about academic integrity in Russian universities as it related to the lax discipline on things like plagiarism, cribsheets, and the sale of term papers in the metro stations.

I just came across an article on Ananova about a man who tried to take a Moscow State University journalism exam for his sister, but was caught due to an overestimation of his sister’s voluptuousness:

Foiled by fake boobs
A Russian man who tried to sit university entrance exams for his sister was caught because his breasts were too big.

The young man was not admitted to the entry exam for Moscow State University’s journalism department, reports Interfax.

Yasen Zasursky, dean of the journalism department, said security staff paid particular attention to a girl with bright makeup and “especially outstanding feminine features”.

A thorough check revealed that the girl was in fact a young man trying to pose as a girl to pass the exam for his sister.

The dean said that security were especially suspicious because the applicant’s breasts were of “incomparable proportions”.

They thought that cheat notes could be hidden inside her clothing. However, it turned out that the breasts were fake.

The young man was barred from the entry exam and his sister was also struck off the university entrant list for cheating.

Too funny. I’m trying to track down some Russian sources on this too.