An “almost naked” party held recently at a popular nightclub in Russia’s capital Moscow has stirred controversy and invited backlash from officials.
Hosted by Russian media personality Anastasia Ivleeva, the party attracted pop stars Filipp Kirkorov, Lolita, and Dima Bilan, alongside TV host and 2018 presidential candidate Ksenia Sobchak, Moscow Times reported.
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Russian politician Maria Butina expressed concerns on social media platform X about the event that, according to Newsweek, was attended by Ksenia Sobchak. Sobchak is believed to be the goddaughter of Russian President Vladimir Putin. Butina raised questions with Russia’s Ministry of Internal Affairs regarding potential violations of the country’s LGBTQ+ “propaganda” prohibition and the order safeguarding “traditional Russian spiritual and moral values.”
Yekaterina Mizulina, head of the advocacy group Free Internet League, advocated for a boycott of attendees, saying that such events undermine state policies. In a statement on Telegram, Mizulina said that partygoers live in a world detached from the rest of the country and should face state-level boycotts.
“Such hangouts are a shot in the foot of the entire policy pursued by the state,” Mizulina wrote on the Telegram on Thursday. “[The partygoers] live in a different world than the rest of the country.” “These people should be boycotted at the state level,” she said
After the online backlash, Russian law enforcement raided the Mutabor nightclub during the event’s second day, according to the Moscow Times. Ivleeva, responding to criticism on Telegram, remarked that the people who appreciate beautiful Western models hypocritically raise objections to such events in Russia.
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