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He seems to have been arrested for publically criticizing the Russian "special military operation" in May 2022. He stated he opposed the invasion from the viewpoint of the cost of it detracting from social spending for Russians.<ref>https://www.instagram.com/p/Cdh2KvnKphx/?hl=en</ref> | He seems to have been arrested for publically criticizing the Russian "special military operation" in May 2022. He stated he opposed the invasion from the viewpoint of the cost of it detracting from social spending for Russians.<ref>https://www.instagram.com/p/Cdh2KvnKphx/?hl=en</ref> | ||
He also claims that the Russian government has targeted him by having his VK accounts closed, reducing the income he received via donations, a punitive measure that he claims that the Kremlin has not even applied to prominent Russian opposition figure Alexey Navalny, or other critics of the war.<ref>https://www.instagram.com/p/CeCYLWrKBgv/?hl=en</ref><ref>https://www.instagram.com/p/CeEe8lMrloG/?hl=en</ref> In typical melodramatic fashion, he proclaimed this alleged mistreatment made him "the greatest saint and the greatest martyr in the history of mankind". As of September 2022, he seems to be continuing his political activism relatively unimpeded, despite this grandiose claim. | He also claims that the Russian government has targeted him by having his VK accounts closed, reducing the income he received via donations, a punitive measure that he claims that the Kremlin has not even applied to prominent Russian opposition figure Alexey Navalny (who was jailed before the war), or other critics of the war.<ref>https://www.instagram.com/p/CeCYLWrKBgv/?hl=en</ref><ref>https://www.instagram.com/p/CeEe8lMrloG/?hl=en</ref> In typical melodramatic fashion, he proclaimed this alleged mistreatment made him "the greatest saint and the greatest martyr in the history of mankind". As of September 2022, he seems to be continuing his political activism relatively unimpeded, despite this grandiose claim. | ||
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