The lead singer of the group “Bi-2” Egor Bortnik (recognized in the Russian Federation as a foreign agent) posted photos and videos of a Thai on Instagram (the owner of the Meta company is known as an extremist and is banned in Russia). prison.
The images show that there are no beds in the cells. Moreover, there are dozens of prisoners in one room. Bortnikov stated that concerts in Thailand were “noisy and rich in impressions” for reasons beyond the band’s control.
The singer concluded: “We want to remind you that the real value of Bi-2 is and will remain freedom.”
January 25 in Thailand detained Members of the group “Bi-2”. The authorities made a decision for the music group to give a concert in Pattaya and Phuket province. It turned out that the artists did not have work permits.
February 1 group “Bi-2” reached After being detained, he was sent to Israel and then deported from Thailand. Israeli Foreign Minister Israel Katz met with the artists personally. According to him, he is happy that the authorities were able to help the musicians prevent their extradition to Russia, where they “faced the threat of long imprisonment.” Russian State Duma deputy Andrei Lugovoi, who threatened artists with prison stated“They’ll still be caught somewhere.”
Later Bortnik statedHe is proud of his Israeli citizenship but also sees himself as a citizen of the world. The artist found “Russian traces” during his detention for violating the Thai visa regime.
Previously artist Vasily Slonov was arrested for extremist symbols.