Russian TikToker recently accused of making ‘pro-Ukrainian statements’ reportedly served military summons while on tour
Russian singer and TikToker Ivan Minaev (better known by the stage name Xolidayboy), who was recently accused by the head of the censorship lobbying group Safe Internet League of making “pro-Ukrainian statements,” was served a military summons on Monday at the airport in the town of Mineralnye Vody, where he had traveled as part of a concert tour, multiple Russian Telegram channels reported.
Video footage published by the channels Baza and Ostorozhno, Novosti, show a man in civilian clothing speaking to the Internet celebrity while police officers stand nearby. According to Ostorozhno, Novosti, Minaev signed an acknowledgement that he had received the summons.
Minaev himself has not commented publicly on the reports.
In October, Safe Internet League head Ekaterina Mizulina wrote on Telegram that she was receiving “many angry letters about the concert tour of someone called Xolidayboy” because “pro-Ukrainian statements had been found” on the singer’s social media accounts. “I’ll send the materials to law enforcement and request that they evaluate his statements,” she concluded, adding that “people throughout the country are demanding his concert be cancelled.”
A representative of Minaeva told the Telegram channel Shot that he plans to sue Mizulina for reputational damage.
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