Influencer facing six years in Russian jail over content she ‘sold on OnlyFans’
A woman has been arrested in Russia and could face six years in prison as part of Vladimir Putin's attempts to enforce 'traditional values' on his country.
27-year-old Diana Shurygina has been arrested after being accused of selling explicit content on OnlyFans, with police raiding her home and seizing her property.
She's been accused of illegal production and circulation of pornographic materials, Diana has since been placed under house arrest while police further investigate the allegations against her.
The influencer had been on holiday in Bali for a period of time and was arrested upon her return to Moscow, with her possible prosecution making her one of many women targeted by Putin's regime.
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Shurygina had become a well-known figure in Russia as a teenager for appearing on national TV to say she had been the victim of a gang-rape, with the case gaining significant attention in the country.
Since Putin officially returned to power in 2012, though in truth he hadn't actually left it, he has been speaking about 'traditional values' which has resulted in a brutal crackdown on behaviours his Russian state considers undesirable.
Other woman pursued by Russia include Anastasia F, who was held in Yekaterinburg on similar charges after her content had appeared on OnlyFans and other platforms for five years.
She had uploaded explicit content while she was in Bali, South Africa and the Maldives and said she was 'living my dream', then she returned to Russia and was detained by the authorities.
Lawyer Yulia Bakun said: "There is no distinction in the legislation between what counts as erotica and what counts as pornography."
Under Putin's rule the years 2008 and 2024 were declared a 'year of the family' in Russia where his regime has promoted a traditional family model.
The various things his government have done in their pursuit of 'traditional values' includes fining people accused of promoting a 'child-free ideology', repressing the LGBT community in Russia and targeting women like Diana who they have made allegations against.
Professor Guzel Garifullina said the values Putin was attempting to push in Russia were some distance away from the public stance, explaining that the Russian population were 'not, in fact, very conservative when it comes to other issues around sex and family planning'.
He did note, however, that public attitudes towards the LGBT community in Russia had declined from a 'neutral at best' position in the early 2000s as 'state propaganda vilifies LGBTQ+ people'.
Topics: Russia, Crime, Vladimir Putin
Joe Harker