2023-12-29 17:25:28
A party for participants invited “almost naked”, organized by Russian celebrities in a Moscow club, aroused indignation in Russia, where the conservative tightening of the screw has intensified since the start of the offensive in Ukraine. A rapper has been arrested.
The scandal was sparked by the appearance on social media this week of Russian entertainment industry figures in lingerie or racy costumes at a party nine days ago at a nightclub in Moscow, leading to calls for a boycott and the opening of a criminal investigation.
Faced with these reactions, in a Russian society increasingly tense by the conflict in Ukraine, the organizer of the event Anastassia Ivleïeva published a tearful apology video.
“I would like to ask you, the people, for a second chance. If the answer is no, then I am ready for my public execution,” she said Wednesday.
More than 20 people have filed a class action lawsuit once morest her, demanding that she pay one billion rubles (around 9.3 million francs) to an organization supporting the offensive in Ukraine.
“Garbage”
His apologies did not mollify television presenter Vladimir Soloviov, an influential pro-Kremlin propagandist. “You want a second chance? Bring our men [en Ukraine] heaters and drones,” he replied on Telegram.
He had previously described the guests at this party, in the popular Mutabor club, as “trash”. “You have no idea how much hatred people have for you,” he said.
Rapper arrested for ‘homosexual propaganda’
Rapper Vasio, who came to the party with only a sock to hide his nudity, was sentenced to 15 days of detention for “homosexual propaganda” and “hooliganism” under the recent law once morest LGBT movements deemed extremist.
The cultural elite had until then been generally spared from the conservative turn in Russia, further accentuated by the conflict in Ukraine.
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