Popular Russian blogger and designer Artemy Lebedev reacted to a video of expelled blogger Nikolai “Nekoglay” Lebedev being beaten by police officers in the capital’s Interior Ministry office. He expressed his thoughts on tiktoker in a video. YouTube.
“Handsome, he has spoken! He has power and luck! He certainly did not deserve such treatment. I want to say hello to Nikolai and I do not want to say bad words about Russia, because the police department is not the whole of Russia, ”Lebedev said.
According to him, Tiktoker “found the power to tell” what happened. The designer also added that he appreciated Nekoğlay’s decision to post the video and not try to forget the situation.
At the same time, Lebedev criticized the decision to expel the blogger, calling it a mistake. “Instead of rejoicing at how Nekoglai dispersed the topic among the younger audience, it was another hemorrhoid inflammation. <…> The unfortunate boy got into the system for the bad guys that the security forces thought he was guilty of, ”the designer concluded.
formerly Nekoglai explained in detailHe said he was beaten by the police at the police station and then forced to get down on his knees to apologize for the parody video. According to him, the police also shaved his head. As proof, the blogger cited a certificate from the emergency department. According to Tiktoker, the beating took place before he was deported from Russia.
In early November, Nekoglai made a video re-enacting the actions of a Russian soldier throwing grenades that fell from a drone far away from him. He used a cover of Boney M.’s “Rasputin” as a theme song.
Ekaterina Mizulina, daughter of Senator Elena Mizulina, president of the Safe Internet League, drew attention to the blogger’s video. He noted that the organization will report the video to the Prosecutor General’s Office and the Ministry of Internal Affairs, as the blogger’s actions are aimed at discrediting the Russian Armed Forces.
Later, the Presnensky court found the blogger guilty of violating immigration laws, and on November 24, Moldovan citizen Nekoglai, was fired from Russia.