Russian beauty influencer Veronika Loginova (18) faces six years in prison for using Instagram. She has never dealt with political issues on her channel.
Instagram influencer Veronika Loginova, 18, reported on her local channel how they called two prosecutors to tell her she was suspected of “extremist activity” on her beauty and fashion channel. “It can happen to anyone in Russia”, says the defendant, “I have never talked about politics and I will go to prison for maybe six years because I have an Instagram account”.
However, she doesn’t want to be intimidated and wants to continue as usual. He wants to use the opportunity to draw more attention to this problem.
Putin’s confidants use Instagram
In March of this year, a Moscow court decided to ban Meta, the parent company of Facebook, Instagram and Co., in Russia. The reason given was that the company could be classified as “extremist” and therefore represented a danger. As an alternative to banned platforms, there is now the Russian Rossgram.
However, some Putin trusted continue to use the US company’s social media platforms. The wife of Dmitry Peskov, Vladimir Putin’s press officer, is said to be seen regularly on Instagram. During her holidays in Greece or Turkey, she likes to pose for her followers on her Instagram. But the daughter of Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu can often be seen on her friend’s Instagram channel.
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