Almost Naked party

Almost Naked party
The building of the Mutabor club, located on the territory of GPZ-1, where the party took place
DateDecember 20–21, 2023 (2023-12-20 – 2023-12-21)
VenueMutabor club
LocationBuilding 32, 13 Sharikopodshipnikovskaya street, Moscow, Russia
Participants

The Almost Naked party was a party held by Russian blogger and TV presenter Nastya Ivleeva in Moscow on 20–21 December 2023, attended by many Russian celebrities. The event sparked a public scandal after photos were published on the Russian Internet.[1] It was sharply criticized by pro-government propagandists and bloggers as being inappropriate while Russian soldiers are dying in the ongoing Russian invasion of Ukraine. Those present at the party faced public censure.[1] Deputies, patriotic organizations, and war correspondents demanded that the party be investigated for LGBT propaganda, drugs, and extremism, and also called for a boycott of the people present at the event.[2][3][4][5]

The Russian government considered the party a challenge to the state-promoted traditional values of Russian society.[6] Despite public apologies, musicians who attended were subsequently removed from New Year broadcasts, fined, and sentenced to arrest.[1][7] The Lefortovo Court of Moscow recognized the party as "propaganda of non-traditional sexual relations." This is stated in the decision in the case of rapper Vacío, who was arrested for 15 days for participating in the event.[8] The party participants issued a public apology.[9] Ivleeva, as the organizer of the party, was fined 100,000 rubles.[10]

The condemnation of the event was supported by Russian President Vladimir Putin. It was notable as those who attended were mostly supportive of the Putin government and had previously avoided criticism.[11]

Background

According to publications by The Independent, The Guardian and The Washington Post, the party took place during the Russian leadership's efforts in recent years to strengthen conservative social policies in Russia. Russian President Vladimir Putin has actively supported social conservatism, calling for families to have more children and introducing strict sanctions against the LGBT movement. The scandal became one of the indicators of changes in Russian society, which reflect the strengthening of the conservative trend, the condemnation of liberal values, and growing nationalism in the context of the invasion of Ukraine. On 30 November 2023, the Supreme Court of Russia declared the LGBT movement extremist,[12] which complements the general context of strengthening conservative politics in Russia.[13][14][15]

Event

The event was a Christmas dress-up ball held at Moscow's Mutabor nightclub[15] on 20–21 December 2023.[16] The first night, 20 December, was exclusive for celebrities and invitation only, with tickets costing US$11,000.[17] More than 200 people attended the party.[10] Photos and videos from the party went viral on social media. Both the concept of the event and the costumes of the guests were criticized.[18]

Among the guests of the party were Ksenia Sobchak, Philipp Kirkorov, Dima Bilan, GeeGun, Alyona Vodonayeva, Lolita Milyavskaya, Anna Asti, and Sasha Spilberg. Celebrities who were invited but did not attend included Timati, Feduk, Big Baby Tape, Nico Cartosio, Tina Kandelaki, Svetlana Bondarchuk, Zivert, Moneyken, Nyusha, Yana Rudkovskaya, Nastasya Samburskaya, Kristina Si, Filipp Yankovsky, and Fyodor Smolov. In total, about 450 people were invited to the party.[19]

Vacío wore only training shoes and a sock on his penis.[20][21] Ivleeva claimed she wore a 23 million rouble (about US$257,600) diamond and emerald necklace around her waist (the jewels positioned on her backside) .[22]

The second night (21 December) was open to the general public for 2,500 rubles (about US$28).[23] Partying continued into 22 December.

According to Ksenia Sobchak, Nikita Mikhalkov informed Vladimir Putin about the party.[24]

Condemnation of the event

We need to pay attention to the guys who are returning from the zone of a special military operation. When people decide to do this, when they go through this crucible and return, many life priorities are lined up differently. Here you will no longer jump without pants at any events, here people look at life completely differently, the priorities and values are different.

Vladimir Putin, 16 January 2024[25][26]

According to Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, many "turbo-patriotic" bloggers were outraged by the event being held while Russian soldiers are dying in Ukraine. Those present at the party were accused of treason.[27][28] On 21 December 2023, some Russian pro-war Telegram channels, some members Russian military participating in the invasion of Ukraine, and the social movements Sorok Sorokov and Call of the People contacted the prosecutor's office with a demand to investigate the Moscow club Mutabor for LGBT propaganda because of Ivleeva's party.[29]

The party was condemned by United Russia deputy Maria Butina, propagandist Vladimir Solovyov, head of the Safe Internet League Ekaterina Mizulina, A Just Russia deputy Dmitry Gusev, and deputy chairman of the Synodal Department for Church-Society and Media Relations Vakhtang Kipshidze.[29] Vladimir Putin was reported to have been disappointed with the event,[14] to have demanded punishments[22] and to have approved of the condemnations.[11][22] The issue became a public scandal[30] and dominated news reporting in Russia for several days.[14]

Critics said the event was insulting to Russian soldiers fighting in Ukraine and that the event promoted LGBTQ+ values, illegal under Russian law. Soldiers in Ukraine were reported to have complained about the event.[14]

Response to criticism

Ivleeva, Kirkorov, Milyavskaya, Sobchak, and others apologised on social media.[20][22]

Ivleeva had initially responded to the criticism with mockery, but later released a two-part apology video.[21][14]

Kirkorov said he was only briefly in attendance.[21] Bilan stressed that he was conservatively dressed and not responsible for how others dressed.[20] Milyavskaya described the event as an "art project".[31]

Consequences

On 22 December 2023, as part of an ongoing investigation, police seized recordings from surveillance cameras at the Mutabor club.[32]

Party attendants who were condemned, including Ksenia Sobchak, began to make public apologies, posting apology videos on their blogs and other Internet resources.[33] The practice of public apologies have become prevalent in Russia in 2015, when critics of Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov were often forced to apologize to him on camera,[34][15] and has become increasingly common since the invasion of Ukraine in 2022.

The concerts of some attending artists and their participation in the Little Blue Light were canceled, except for Kirkorov and Lolita, who were instead edited out of the program.[35][15] Kirkorov's image was removed from the poster of the New Year's comedy Ivan Vasilyevich Changes Everything! The singer has also been boycotted on television.[36][37]

According to Meduza, Kirkorov, Milyavskaya, Glyukoza, Bilan, and Anna Asti were included in the list of 50 banned musicians compiled by the Russian authorities along with artists who did not support the war.[38]

During Vladimir Putin's address to the Federal Assembly, Ivleeva and Sobchak spoke out in support of the program voiced there. Ivleeva announced plans to vote for “initiatives and projects that have been announced.”[39] During the 2024 Russian presidential election, attendees publicly announced their votes.[40]

Ivleeva

Faced with mass criticism, on 24 December, Ivleeva released a public apology for the event and promised to donate all the proceeds to charity.[16][41]

Ivleeva was fined 100,000 roubles.[42] The telecommunications company MTS[14] and Tinkoff Bank broke their contracts with Ivleeva, and a class action lawsuit was filed against her for 1 billion rubles (with the money to go to veterans of the invasion of Ukraine).[14] Information appeared in the press that an unscheduled tax audit by the Federal Taxation Service found an underpayment of 137 million rubles.[43][44][45][46] Ivleeva may face criminal prosecution for tax evasion on a particularly large scale.[47]

On 2 May 2024, Ivleeva reported that she visited the Russian-occupied territories of Ukraine, including the destroyed Mariupol, which is "actively being restored" and "listened to the war" on the contact line. Ivleeva also changed her attitude towards the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Alexei Navalny, and Vladimir Putin.[48] She stated that when she previously posted an anti-war post, she "had no analysis, no understanding, no knowledge of any historical data," that she never supported Alexei Navalny and "was subject to the fashionable trend," and that she always viewed Vladimir Putin "with sympathy."[49][50][51] Ivleeva also stated that she provides support to the Russian military, showing a video where a Russian military man thanks her for her help in purchasing a bus and an unmanned aerial vehicle.[51][52]

Vacío

Rapper Vacío (real name Nikolai Vasiliev), who came to the event with a sock on his genitals, received a sentence of 15 days in prison and a fine of 200,000 rubles and he also apologized on camera.[15][20][22][53][54][55][56][57] He was found guilty of petty hooliganism and for propaganda of non-traditional sexual relations, which was for a video recording of male party participants licking the sock Vacio was wearing.[58][59][60][61]

A video was also posted online of the sock being quickly taken off Vacio's penis by another attendee at the party,[62][63] and Vacio commented that while "...he regretted his first act, ...the second arrest was completely incomprehensible to him." as the sock was taken off by other people at the party who also posted a video of it online.[63][62]

Vasilyev commented the idea for the sock came from a friend of his who suggested it to him[64] and that he did not imagine that there would be such a huge and resonant response from the public.[64]

At the end of his 15 day prison sentence, his detention was extended for another 10 days again due to petty hooliganism and he was also taken to the military conscription office and given a military summons for the 9th of January.[59][65][66] At first it was not clear why Vacio was summoned to the military recruitment center as he was legally unfit to serve in the armed forces due to an unspecified medical condition[66] and it was also commented that "...Vasilyev, 'doesn’t face the threat of serving in the army because he had allegedly failed the military-medical commission in his native Yekaterinburg for health reasons.'"[67][68]

On the 14th of May 2024, Vasilyev's representative announced that the rapper had left Russia for the United States.[69] This came after he failed to appear at the military enlistment office the previous day. Singer Yana Djalu, a friend of Vasilyev, confirmed his departure, stating that Vasilyev felt "pressured" and "not free" in Russia.[70][71] Vasilyev then later confirmed that he had travelled to Yerevan in Armenia and not the United States and that he had been telling his friends that he had moved to the United States as he was concerned of there being any possibility that he could be extradited from Armenia and he wanted to keep a low profile.[72] Reports also suggested Vasilyev considered renouncing his Russian citizenship, although no official confirmation has been made regarding his emigration or citizenship status.[73]

On 7 January, the St. Petersburg club MOD hosted a concert by the rock group Schenki, during which the group's lead singer Maxim Tesli (real name Maxim Moiseev) went on stage wearing a sock on his penis during the performance. The sock fell to the floor and the singer appeared completely naked in front of the audience for a short moment, but then went backstage and got dressed. A video of the incident ended up on the Internet and outraged Ekaterina Mizulina, who considered the singer's actions to be an imitation of Vacío. On the night of 9 January, the singer was arrested at Pulkovo Airport - he intended to fly to Yekaterinburg, and from there to Kazakhstan.[74][75]

As noted in the media, Maxim Tesli appeared in public in a similar form back in 2016,[76][77] and a number of foreign performers even earlier.[77][78] It was unclear whether Tesli’s concert appearance was intended as a gesture of support for Vacio.[75]

Kirkorov

A petition demanding that Kirkorov be deprived of the title of People's Artist of Russia has received tens of thousands of signatures on the Internet. On 29 December 2023, the Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation stated that it would not deprive Kirkorov of his title. In his defense, Kirkorov said that he "dropped by for five minutes at the event" and simply "entered the wrong door" (this phrase quickly became an Internet meme).[79] Shortly before the New Year, information appeared that scenes with Kirkorov would be cut out "minute by minute" from the New Year's TV show Little Blue Light on the Russia-1 channel, from a TNT channel film Ivan Vasilievich Changes Everything based on Leonid Gaidai's comedy film Ivan Vasilievich Changes His Profession, and also that in the New Year's broadcast of The Masked Singer on NTV, his participation would be minimized due to the impossibility of cutting it out completely.[5] On 8 January, on his Telegram channel Primadonna, Kirkorov announced that he would donate his fee for participating in The Masked Singer to residents of Belgorod who suffered as a result of the bombing.

Since all party participants were threatened with unscheduled tax audits, at the end of the year, Kirkorov tried to pay off all his tax debts in the amount of 12.3 million rubles. At the beginning of January 2024, the Russian Authors' Society filed a lawsuit against Kirkorov, demanding to recover 2 million rubles from him "for the use of artistic works belonging to the organization."

The premiere of the fifth season of The Masked Singer, in which Kirkorov is the chairman of the jury, was originally supposed to take place on 11 February 2024, but for unknown reasons was postponed to a week later, on 18 February.[80] According to media reports, the postponement of the premiere of the fifth season of the show was associated with Kirkorov's participation in the party. On February 9, it was revealed that Kirkorov would remain the chairman of the jury in The Masked Singer.[81] Music critic and TV presenter Sergey Sosedov denied the rumors about the postponement of the premiere of the fifth season, calling them "nonsense." In Sosedov's opinion, Kirkorov can always be replaced, clarifying that the exact reason for postponing the premiere of the fifth season of the show has not been stated.[82]

On 13 February 2024, Kirkorov visited the Donetsk People's Republic, where he spoke to wounded Russian soldiers; previously, Russian authorities demanded that artists who opposed the war in Ukraine "repent" and go to Donbass so that they would be allowed to continue performing in Russia.[83][84]

Mutabor club

On 29 December, it was revealed that against Art Center LLC, which managed the club, at the request of the Federal Service for the Oversight of Consumer Protection and Welfare, a case was opened for an administrative offense under Article 6.6 of the Code of Administrative Offenses of the Russian Federation (violation of sanitary and epidemiological requirements for organizing catering for the population in specially equipped places). The trial was scheduled for 9 January - by this time, the club had been closed and sealed for a week and planned events were postponed.[85]

On 10 January, the court suspended the work of the Mutabor club for 90 days due to "violation of sanitary standards" (the maximum period under Article 6.6 of the Code of Administrative Offenses of the Russian Federation - violation of sanitary and epidemiological requirements for catering), calculating the closure period from 27 December.[86] It is alleged that the reason for the closure was the presence in the club of a patient with an infectious disease (his identity was established by a cash receipt for beer purchased with a bank card). The protocol was considered behind closed doors at the request of the club, since the case contained personal data and the diagnosis of the patient.[87]

Reaction to scandal

BBC News suggested that the criticism reflected a need for the Russian ruling class to generate scapegoats in the face of poor progress towards Russia's war aims in Ukraine. Opposition activist Maxim Katz was quoted: "For the first time in a long time, the system has pushed back against those who supported all its rules, as long as they weren't applied to them."[20] Pjotr Sauer writing in The Guardian described it as "one of the starkest examples to date of how Vladimir Putin is moving the country in a conservative and anti-liberal direction."[15] According to Novaya Gazeta, "cancel culture" is used instrumentally in Russia and comes not from society, but from the state, which makes it possible to enrich the repressive arsenal while maintaining a "decent appearance."[88]

According to The Moscow Times, the persecution of the celebrities was organized on a command from the Russian government. The persecution is associated with the desire to redirect public negativity towards celebrities in order to shift public attention from other significant events and problems, such as the rejection of journalist Yekaterina Duntsova's participation in the presidential elections. Political analysts speculate that the Russian government used the scandal surrounding the party to divert public attention from important domestic and foreign issues, such as the invasion of Ukraine, the sinking of the landing ship Novocherkassk at Feodosia, rising food prices, and economic problems.[89]

The owner of the Russian Media Group, Vladimir Kiselev, published a statement in Nezavisimaya Gazeta, in which he discusses those who were undeservedly punished and who managed to avoid punishment for participating in and organizing the event (VP of MTS Igor Mishin, director of music and event projects at VK Konstantin Sidorkov, and head of marketing at Yandex-Ultima Dmitry Vikulin).[90]

Film director Karen Shakhnazarov evaluated the party, taking into account changes in Russia that have affected politics, economics, and culture: "Such events took place for decades almost every Friday, and no one paid attention to it. But look at the sharp rejection that has suddenly arisen now. That is, morality is also changing." In his opinion, after the invasion of Ukraine, order must be maintained in Russia and internal discord must not be allowed.[91]

See also

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  46. ^ Uskov, Oleg (27 December 2023). "Mash: Анастасия Ивлеева должна налоговой 137 миллионов рублей" [Mash: Anastasia Ivleeva owes the tax authorities 137 million rubles]. Rossiyskaya gazeta (in Russian). Archived from the original on 27 December 2023. Retrieved 17 May 2024.
  47. ^ Rodina, Olga (27 December 2023). "Обвинение Насти Ивлеевой в неуплате налогов после вечеринки: Проверка ФНС России, последние новости на 27 декабря 2023 года" [Accusation of Nastya Ivleeva for tax evasion after a party: Check by the Federal Tax Service of Russia, latest news as of December 27, 2023]. Komsomolskaya pravda (in Russian). Archived from the original on 27 December 2023. Retrieved 17 May 2024.
  48. ^ Voronin, Ivan (3 May 2024). "Ивлееву сломали" [Ивлееву сломали]. Radio Svoboda (in Russian). Retrieved 17 May 2024.
  49. ^ ""Мы просто стояли, слушали войну. Впечатление на всю жизнь". Настя Ивлеева рассказала о поездке на Донбасс" [“We just stood there, listening to the war. An impression for life.” Nastya Ivleeva spoke about her trip to Donbass]. The Insider (in Russian). 3 May 2024. Retrieved 17 May 2024.
  50. ^ "там "из руин рождается новая жизнь" Настя Ивлеева дала первое интервью после "почти голой" вечеринки. Вот что она сказала" [there “a new life is born from the ruins” Nastya Ivleeva gave her first interview after the “almost naked” party. That's what she said]. Meduza (in Russian). 3 May 2024. Retrieved 17 May 2024.
  51. ^ a b ""Просто молчали и слушали войну". Настя Ивлеева в первом интервью после "голой" вечеринки рассказала об отношении к Путину и Навальному, а также о поездке на Донбасс" [“We just stayed silent and listened to the war.” Nastya Ivleeva, in her first interview after the “naked” party, spoke about her attitude towards Putin and Navalny, as well as about her trip to Donbass]. Novaya Gazeta (in Russian). 3 May 2024. Retrieved 17 May 2024.
  52. ^ "Богатейший блогер России присягнула Путину, лишившись рекламных контрактов после скандальной вечеринки" [Russia's richest blogger swore allegiance to Putin, losing advertising contracts after a scandalous party]. The Moscow Times (in Russian). 3 May 2024. Retrieved 17 May 2024.
  53. ^ "Russia's 'almost naked' party: Rapper jailed for 15 days over risqué costume".
  54. ^ "Russian rapper at 'almost naked party' jailed as part of Putin anti-gay crackdown". Independent.co.uk. 28 December 2023.
  55. ^ Hartog, Eva (8 January 2023). "Putin's attack dogs target 'almost naked' pop stars in Russia's new culture war". Politico.
  56. ^ Voronezhsky, Maxim (22 December 2023). "Пришедший в одном носке рэпер извинился: "Осуждаю сторонников ЛГБТ*"" [The rapper, who came wearing only one sock, apologized: “I condemn LGBT* supporters”]. Gazeta.Ru (in Russian). Archived from the original on 29 December 2023. Retrieved 17 May 2024.
  57. ^ "Суд арестовал рэпера Vasio на 15 суток за хулиганство на вечеринке Ивлеевой" [The court arrested rapper Vasio for 15 days for hooliganism at Ivleeva’s party]. RIA Novosti (in Russian). 22 December 2023. Archived from the original on 22 December 2023. Retrieved 17 May 2024.
  58. ^ "Rapper who wore sock for blogger's naked party arrested and fined". Pravda. 22 December 2023. Retrieved 1 September 2025. The 25-year-old musician said that his "outfit" was inspired by rock band Red Hot Chili Peppers that performed naked on stage wearing just one sock during the 1990s. The rapper was also fined ₽200,000 ($2,200) under Article 6.21 of the Code of Administrative Offenses of the Russian Federation for promoting non-traditional sexual relations in a video from the party in which another man was licking Vacio's genitals through his Balenciaga sock.
  59. ^ a b "Russian Rapper Who Attended 'Nearly Naked' Party Handed Military Summons Reports". The Moscow times. 8 January 2025. Retrieved 1 September 2025. Russian authorities handed military summons to a rapper who attended a 'nearly naked' party last month wearing only a sock on his penis... ...A Moscow court fined and jailed rapper Vacio (real name Nikolai Vasilyev) for 15 days in late December after finding him guilty of petty hooliganism and spreading 'gay propaganda.' The court ruled that the party, the public backlash to which triggered show cancellations and on-camera apologies from artists who were filmed at the private event on Dec. 21, had spread 'propaganda of non-traditional sexual relations'.
  60. ^ Stognei, Anastasia (27 January 2024). "The party's over in Moscow as Putin punishes naked revellers". Financial Times. Retrieved 1 September 2025.
  61. ^ Zhukov, Evgeny (27 December 2023). "Суд счел "голую вечеринку" пропагандой нетрадиционного секса" [The court found the “naked party” to be propaganda of non-traditional sex]. dw.com (in Russian). Retrieved 17 May 2024.
  62. ^ a b "A detailed conversation about Ivleeva's party and its consequences ; vDud". Youtube. vDud. 26 June 2025. Event occurs at 17:43. Archived from the original on 25 August 2025. Retrieved 3 September 2025. Well, as for why it happened, it was like one guy just pulled my sock off. Well, like, it's on the video too. I think everyone was drunk, and he just pulled it off, and there was a girl grabbing me. Well, in short, there were people there, but it wasn't like it was in the news, some kind of fucked up situation. It was just a normal party with a bit of a row. But people made it seem like as if it were Sodom and Gomorrah. It definitely wasn't Sodom, there was no Sodom there... ...Well and like they drop this video where they rip off my sock.
  63. ^ a b "Rapper Vacio was given a summons to the military registration and enlistment office". mk.ru. 7 January 2024. Retrieved 1 September 2025. I was walking with a friend through a club, and several people approached me. I didn't immediately realize that two of them were young men dressed as women. And one of them brazenly tore off my sock. According to my plan, the women at the event were in their mini-panties, and I had the same thong, but homemade - elastic bands were attached to the sock. I scolded them for this act. And the video was later posted online (according to preliminary data, by a guest, the ex-soloist of the group "Brilliant"). ...Nikolay Vasilyev could not stop in his monologue and assured the members of the POC that he regretted his first act, but the second arrest was completely incomprehensible to him. The rapper's defense position is as follows: according to him, after he served 15 days, he was taken to the military registration and enlistment office near the Belorusskaya metro station, where he was handed a summons for January 9, and then taken to the police, supposedly for a professional talk. But there, all the conversations ultimately boiled down to the fact that Vacio was set up by those who pulled off his homemade thong.
  64. ^ a b "A detailed conversation about Ivleeva's party and its consequences ; vDud". Youtube. vDud. 26 June 2025. Event occurs at 4:20. Archived from the original on 25 August 2025. Retrieved 3 September 2025. So the dress code party. Eh, the less clothes, the better. How do you start? Come up with a costume? From a friend I came up with this idea. He just threw it in. This is what he said, like "ha-ha, this is can be funny". And it infected me. And whats the idea? And the idea is put a sock on your genitals and thats it. ...I couldnt even imagine that it would be so big. I knew that they would discuss what would happen, it's strange, but i didn't plan to do it there was a huge resonance from this.
  65. ^ "'Keep your socks on your feet' What to know about Russian rapper Vacio, who was jailed and then drafted into the military after attending the 'almost naked' party in nothing but a sock". Meduza. 26 January 2024. Retrieved 31 August 2025. At first, he was jailed for 15 days and fined 200,000 rubles (around $2,250) for "LGBT propaganda." Then, as he was leaving the police station, he was stopped and thrown back in jail for another 10 days... That same day, the rapper was taken to a military recruitment center and handed a military summons, according to social media.
  66. ^ a b "Jailed Russian Rapper Summoned To Recruitment Center". Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty. 8 January 2024. After serving his first term, 15 days, last week, Vacio said he was taken to a military recruitment center, where he was handed a written order to show up on January 9. However, after bringing him to the recruitment center, police took him to a local station for "a preventive talk," and a Moscow court again sentenced Vacio to 10 days in jail for hooliganism. It is not clear why Vacio was summoned to the military recruitment center. He is legally unfit to serve in the armed forces due to an unspecified medical condition.
  67. ^ "Russian Rapper Who Attended 'Nearly Naked' Party Handed Military Summons Reports". The Moscow times. 8 January 2025. Retrieved 1 September 2025. Russian authorities handed military summons to a rapper who attended a 'nearly naked' party last month wearing only a sock on his penis... ...A Moscow court fined and jailed rapper Vacio (real name Nikolai Vasilyev) for 15 days in late December after finding him guilty of petty hooliganism and spreading 'gay propaganda.' The court ruled that the party, the public backlash to which triggered show cancellations and on-camera apologies from artists who were filmed at the private event on Dec. 21, had spread 'propaganda of non-traditional sexual relations'. "...Vasilyev 'doesn't face the threat of serving in the army because he had allegedly failed the military-medical commission in his native Yekaterinburg for health reasons.'"
  68. ^ "Рэперу Vacio, дважды арестованному за участие в вечеринке Анастасии Ивлеевой, вручили повестку в военкомат" [Rapper Vacio, twice arrested for participating in Anastasia Ivleeva's party, was given a summons to the military registration and enlistment office]. Current Time TV (in Russian). 8 January 2024. Archived from the original on 8 January 2024. Retrieved 17 May 2024. As for the summons, on the day of his appearance, it turns out that the artist will be in a special detention center, and military service is not a threat to him, 'in his native Yekaterinburg, he allegedly failed the VVK for health reasons', the publication says. In a comment to the TASS agency, Lobarev said that Vasiliev had allegedly already passed a medical examination for military registration, although the artist 'has a disease that prevents him from serving in the Russian Armed Forces.'
  69. ^ "Rapper Who Attended Scandalous 'Almost Naked' Party Flees Russia". Radio Free Europe Radio Libery. 14 May 2024. Retrieved 1 September 2025. Russian rapper Nikolai Vasilyev, who served 25 days in jail for attending the controversial "Almost Naked" party in Moscow wearing only a sock on his genitalia, has fled Russia, his colleague Yana Dzhalyu said on May 14.
  70. ^ ""There was a summons for May 13": rapper Vacio, who was supposed to go to the army after a naked party, fled Russia". Starhit. 14 May 2025. Retrieved 31 August 2025.
  71. ^ "Rapper Vacio receives summons and leaves Russia". Gazeta.ru. 14 May 2024.
  72. ^ "A detailed conversation about Ivleeva's party and its consequences ; vDud". Youtube. vDud. 26 June 2025. Event occurs at 1:29:00. Archived from the original on 25 August 2025. Retrieved 4 September 2025. They wrote that you were in the United States. Yes, I ended up in Yerevan. And in Yerevan, since I was concerned about my safety, I learned that there was some kind of document, I don't remember the exact name of it, which was signed in the nineties, I think. It said that if, roughly speaking, there was a political enemy or something else, then there was a possibility of extradition, yes, that there was a possibility of extradition. Therefore, [ __ ] I was sitting there on high alert and decided to lie low, not to use my social media. And to all my friends who asked where I was, I told them that I left only after I found myself in Yerevan. I remember how [ __ ] happy I was and how I was the first one there. It was 8:00 in the morning, and I got out of the taxi at the first hotel or motel I found. I looked around and noticed something. The sun was shining, it was beautiful, warm. I noticed how strange and exotic the buildings looked. As it turned out, they were made of a different kind of stone. I looked at them and it seemed to me that it was just paradise... ...I had one foot out of this problem. That's it. And, in fact, all my friends who ask me where I am, for my own safety, I started just telling them that I was in America. Somehow, someone ended up leaking that information. So you weren't in America at all? No, I just said that for my own safety.
  73. ^ "Shot: Vacio leaves for the USA and wants to renounce Russian citizenship". The-Flow.ru. Retrieved 24 June 2024.
  74. ^ "Солиста группы "Щенки" задержали в Пулково после выступления в одном носке" [The lead singer of the group Schenki was detained in Pulkovo after performing in one sock]. Kommersant (in Russian). 9 January 2024. Retrieved 17 May 2024.
  75. ^ a b "Second Russian performer detained for sock-on-penis stunt". The Guardian. 9 January 2025. Archived from the original on 31 August 2025. Retrieved 1 September 2025.
  76. ^ "Номер с носком на пенисе был в программе "Щенков" задолго до "голой" вечеринки" [The sock-on-penis number was on the Puppy show long before the "naked" party]. Fontanka.ru (in Russian). 9 January 2024. Archived from the original on 11 January 2024. Retrieved 17 May 2024.
  77. ^ a b "Голые и не первые. Кто пел в носке до того, как это стало мейнстримом" [Naked and not the first. Who sang in a sock before it became mainstream]. Fontanka.ru (in Russian). 9 January 2024. Archived from the original on 11 January 2024. Retrieved 17 May 2024. However, Fontanka found out that the frontman of Shchenki performed in a sock back in 2016. And the idea itself is not new and belongs to the Red Hot Chili Peppers. They played and sang with hosiery back in 1983.Other foreign artists who stripped naked on stage included Courtney Love and the bassist of Queens of the Stone Age, while members of the group Blink 182 bared their butts for a video.
  78. ^ Brannigan, Paul (14 March 2024). ""We realised the power and beauty of nudity": the naked truth about why Red Hot Chili Peppers used to wear socks, and absolutely nothing else, onstage". Louder. Retrieved 1 September 2025. Most famously, the LA quartet used to delight in taking the stage naked but for tube socks covering their genitalia, earning them a reputation as 'that socks on cocks band' which persisted for years longer than they anticipated. ... ..."Some time in the middle of July 1983 we played what would be a legendary Chili Pepper gig headlining the Kit Kat Club, which was a strip club that had been putting on rock shows," he continued. "Since we were playing at a strip club and the girls would be dancing on stage with us, we decided to come out naked, except for long athletic socks that we'd wear over our stuff.
  79. ^ ""Зашел не в ту дверь". Киркоров публично извинился за появление на вечеринке Ивлеевой" [“Went through the wrong door.” Kirkorov publicly apologized for appearing at Ivleeva’s party]. Fontanka.ru (in Russian). 26 December 2023. Archived from the original on 10 January 2024. Retrieved 18 May 2024.
  80. ^ ""Голая" вечеринка, отмена концертов, "Маска": что сейчас с Филипом Киркоровым" [“Naked” party, cancellation of concerts, “Mask”: what’s happening to Philip Kirkorov now]. novostivolgograda.ru (in Russian). 6 February 2024. Retrieved 18 May 2024.
  81. ^ "Стало известно о возвращении Киркорова на телеэкраны" [It became known about the return of Kirkorov to television screens]. NEWS.ru (in Russian). 9 February 2024. Retrieved 18 May 2024.
  82. ^ Korotkova, Yekaterina (8 February 2024). "Соседов ответил на слухи о переносе "Маски" из-за Киркорова: "Глупости"" [Sosedov responded to rumors about the transfer of “Mask” because of Kirkorov: “Nonsense”]. Gazeta.Ru (in Russian). Retrieved 18 May 2024.
  83. ^ "Лишенный эфиров на ТВ за участие в "голой" вечеринке Филипп Киркоров приехал на оккупированный Донбасс — "привез подарки раненым"" [Deprived of airtime on TV for participating in a “naked” party, Philip Kirkorov came to the occupied Donbass and “brought gifts to the wounded”]. Zerkalo (in Russian). 13 February 2024. Retrieved 18 May 2024.
  84. ^ "Киркоров поехал в "ДНР" после включения в черный список артистов" [Kirkorov went to the “DPR” after being included in the blacklist of artists]. The Moscow Times (in Russian). 18 May 2024. Retrieved 18 May 2024.
  85. ^ "Суд Москвы рассмотрит вопрос о приостановке работы "Мутабора" 9 января" [The Moscow court will consider the issue of suspending the work of Mutabor on January 9]. TASS (in Russian). 29 December 2023. Retrieved 18 May 2024.
  86. ^ "Суд приостановил работу клуба "Мутабор" после голой вечеринки Ивлеевой" [The court suspended the work of the Mutabor club after Ivleeva’s naked party]. RBK Group (in Russian). 31 December 2022. Retrieved 18 May 2024.
  87. ^ "Суд приостановил на 90 дней работу клуба "Мутабор", где проходила "почти голая" вечеринка" [The court suspended for 90 days the work of the Mutabor club, where the “almost naked” party took place]. Meduza (in Russian). 10 January 2024. Retrieved 18 May 2024.
  88. ^ "об использовании "культуры отмены" для наказания участников "полуголой вечеринки" Ивлеевой" [on the use of “cancel culture” to punish participants in Ivleeva’s “half-naked party”]. Novaya Gazeta (in Russian). 30 December 2023. Retrieved 18 May 2024.
  89. ^ "The Moscow Times: травлю участников "почти голой" вечеринки Ивлеевой организовала администрация президента" [The Moscow Times: the persecution of participants in Ivleeva’s “almost naked” party was organized by the presidential administration]. Meduza (in Russian). 29 December 2023. Retrieved 18 May 2024.
  90. ^ "Заявление акционера "Русской Медиагруппы" Владимира Киселева" [Statement by Russian Media Group shareholder Vladimir Kiselev]. Nezavisimaya Gazeta. 25 January 2024. Retrieved 18 May 2024.
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