Police detained a 34-year-old resident of Ust-Kut because of a video in which she criticized the “Glory to the Heroes of Russia” banner depicting a Russian military man who died in Ukraine. This was reported on January 10 by the telegram channel of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Irkutsk region.
""Glory to the heroes of Russia!" <…> Question: why the hell do I have this kind of glory that I saw in a coffin? I don’t even understand what the hell is all this glory? , the wife is smart and beautiful, she does whatever she wants. She wants to work, she wants to sit at home, file her nails, she wants to give birth, she wants to be childfree <...> Rich, healthy, a strong, strong man until his death, influential, powerful - this, bitch, is glory in my subjective, personal understanding,” the woman said.
Irkutsk blogger Ilya Filippenko, who supports the invasion of Ukraine, drew attention to the video. He posted it on his Telegram channel with the comment: “I hope this citizen from Ust-Kut will regret that she mocked the deceased hero like that. So fucking smart <…> It’s stupid cunts like these who listen enough to the trainings of other cunts who talk about “what the wife wants, she works, if she wants, she stays at home.” And they talk such nonsense.”
A few hours after this, the Ministry of Internal Affairs announced the arrest of the woman. They clarified that the police were conducting an investigation because of a video in which the detainee “spoke negatively about the participants of the SVO.”
Since then, there has been no information about the drawing up of an administrative protocol or the initiation of a criminal case.
The Ministry of Internal Affairs also published a video of the detainee’s apology. “I posted a video on the social network discrediting the armed forces of the Russian Federation. I apologize to Regiment 1438, to the people of the entire country. Please forgive me,” she said on camera.
Filippenko also published a video of an apology - unlike the Ministry of Internal Affairs, he did not hide her face.
- After the start of the war in Ukraine, the Russian authorities began to react sharply to protest sentiments and anti-war statements. Pro-government activists and bloggers regularly publish denunciations of citizens who speak out against the war. Often they are then detained by security forces and forced to apologize on camera.