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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, though he seems to be focusing on other social issues. | 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, though he seems to be focusing on other social issues. | ||
===Statutory rape charges=== | |||
In 2024, he was arrested for 'statutory rape' and 'depraved acts' such as allegedly having a sexual relationship with a 15-year-old girl. In his defense, Undersky claimed he believed the girl was an adult at the time and that she initiated the sexual advances. He was arrested after the chief of the Kremlin-aligned NGO known as the "Safe Internet League" appealed to law enforcement to arrest him after Russian internet users reported pictures reportedly showing Undersky kissing the girl.<ref>https://www.rferl.org/a/russias-internet-defense-league-a-grassroots-initiative-created-by-the-government/24649221.html</ref><ref>https://www.kommersant.ru/doc/6906212</ref> | |||
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