In March 2025, the artist was added to the register of terrorists and extremists Ukrainian singer Igor Levchenko, who served almost three years in Russia for an anti-war post, told Vorstka that he was deprived of Russian citizenship. He provided the editors with a photograph of a letter that arrived at his home address in Russia from the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs for the Nizhny Novgorod Region.

Including outside Russia The Russian Ministry of Defense has prepared a bill on involving those in the reserves in carrying out combat missions in peacetime. RBC journalists reviewed a copy of the document. On Monday, October 13, it was approved by the government commission on legislative activities.