Anastasia Ivleeva
Anastassia Ivleyeva, organizer of the event, was a famous influencer and TV host. The young thirty-year-old was very successful and collaborated with many brands. She was also named the richest blogger in Russia in 2021. But the organization of this evening and her reaction to the first criticism caused Anastassia Ivleïeva's popularity to plummet. Indeed, at first, the influencer seemed to find a certain pleasure in the indignation that her party aroused. “God, I love this so much. May they never end“, she wrote on Telegram when talking about her detractors.
Although she later repented, delivering a tearful message of apology on her social networks, the organizer was later accused of having “discredited” the Russian army. A collective action was also taken against her so that she made a donation of one billion rubles to an organization supporting Russian soldiers in Ukraine. Another action also demanded a donation of 200 million rubles from him and four other participants for “moral harm.” She was ultimately fined 100,000 rubles.
Beyond her legal troubles, the blogger lost numerous commercial contracts and no longer published videos on her YouTube channel. She has since become a major defender of President Vladimir Putin and the Ukrainian invasion. She has thus multiplied patriotic acts and declarations, for example going to occupied Ukrainian territory in order to show her support for the army. She also stated that she did not miss “no words” of Putin's end-of-year speech and denied having supported the late opponent Alexeï Navalny.
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Nikolai Vassiliev, aka Vacio
Singer Vacio, whose real name is Nikolai Vassiliev, is an artist on the Russian Music scene, known for his provocative style. He has collaborated with other well-known artists and released four albums.
Following the scandal, the singer was sentenced to 25 days in prison for disturbing public order. He then received a military summons. “I was at the military recruitment center today. I received a summons. Thank you all for your support, everything will be fine. I'm dealing with the situation“, he declared, as reported by Meduza. He then tried to clean up his image, suggesting that he would join the army and congratulating Vladimir Putin for his “diplomacy”. But he finally left Russia in May 2024 and no longer posted on his social media.
Philip Korkorov
Filipp Korkorov is a Russian singer, known for his participation in New Year's television shows and Moscow social events. He is placed in fifth position on the list of the country's richest artists in 2020.
The day after the evening, he spoke with Dmitri Peskov, the Kremlin spokesperson, to explain his presence. He later apologized on video but was nevertheless canceled from several New Year's 2024 shows. In February, he traveled to Donbass. He seems to have since managed to improve his image since he presented the Golden Gramophone Music Awards ceremony in Saint Petersburg and participated in several other broadcasts.
He recently commented on this “almost naked” evening, putting the blame entirely on Anastassia Ivleïeva and calling her a “bitch”.
