T.A.T.u.

t.A.T.u. (Russian: ????) is a Russian pop music duo consisting of Lena Katina and Julia Volkova. The two girls were marketed as a lesbian couple, but their sexual orientation was the subject of much speculation, until in December 2003 they admitted on Russian television that they were not in a lesbian relationship together and it had been exploited as a marketing strategy devised by Ivan Shapovalov. They are notorious for shocking the public and trying to break taboos.

Related Topics:
Pop music - Lesbian - Sexual orientation - December 2003 - Ivan Shapovalov - Taboos

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The members of the duo are:

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• Elena Sergeevna Katina (????? ????????? ??????), or Lena Katina, born October 4, 1984, in Moscow, Russia. She is the youngest of three children born to Sergey Vasilyevich Katin, a renowned Russian pop music author, and Inessa Katina.
• Yuliya Olegovna Volkova (???? ???????? ???????), or Julia Volkova, born February 20, 1985, also in Moscow, Russia, is the only daughter of Oleg Volkov and Larisa Volkova.
 
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