{"id":416103,"date":"2022-03-15T00:19:21","date_gmt":"2022-03-14T21:19:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/russian-influencers-cry-as-putins-instagram-ban-starts\/"},"modified":"2022-03-15T00:19:21","modified_gmt":"2022-03-14T21:19:21","slug":"russian-influencers-cry-as-putins-instagram-ban-starts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/russian-influencers-cry-as-putins-instagram-ban-starts\/","title":{"rendered":"#Russian influencers cry as Putin&#8217;s Instagram ban starts"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a360d00551b7\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a360d00551b7\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/russian-influencers-cry-as-putins-instagram-ban-starts\/#%E2%80%9CRussian_influencers_cry_as_Putins_Instagram_ban_starts%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;Russian influencers cry as Putin&#8217;s Instagram ban starts&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CRussian_influencers_cry_as_Putins_Instagram_ban_starts%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;Russian influencers cry as Putin&#8217;s Instagram ban starts&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>Some of Russia\u2019s most famous influencers have broken down in tears after learning Vladimir Putin is instituting an Instagram ban amid his country\u2019s ongoing war with Ukraine. <\/p>\n<p>The ban went into effect Monday, just days after the Kremlin claimed the <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">social media<\/a> site was causing an \u201cincitement of violence against Russians.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Before having their accounts restricted, popular public figures wept at the <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">news<\/a> in their final video posts, with one saying it felt like her life \u201cwas being taken away\u201d from her. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am not afraid of admitting that I do not want to lose you,\u201d Russian reality TV star <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/buzova86\/?hl=en\">Olga Buzova<\/a>, 36, <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CbDkYpyIYNo\/\">told her 23.3 million fans<\/a>, according to <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.insider.com\/russian-influencers-in-tears-country-bans-instagram-2022-3\">Insider. <\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI do not know what the future holds,\u201d she further sobbed in the seven-minute video. \u201cI don\u2019t know. I just shared my life, my work, and my soul. I did not do this all as a job for me \u2014 this is a part of my soul. It feels like a big part of my heart and my life is being taken away from me.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"820\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/instagram-russia-01.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=820\" alt=\"Olga Buzova, 36, told her millions of fans that it felt like her life was being taken away from her. \" class=\"wp-image-21524072\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/instagram-russia-01.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1640 1640w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/instagram-russia-01.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1229 1230w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/instagram-russia-01.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=820 820w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/instagram-russia-01.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=410 410w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/instagram-russia-01.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 820px) 100vw, 820px\"\/><figcaption>Olga Buzova, 36, told her millions of fans that it felt like her life was being taken away from her. <\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Courtesy of @buzova86<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-instagram wp-block-embed-instagram\"\/>\n<p>Elsewhere, an unidentified Russian beauty blogger <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>arently also wept at the news of the ban, with the footage posted to Twitter by <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nexta_tv\/status\/1502433817465864198\">news channel Nexta TV. <\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cTo me, it\u2019s all life. It\u2019s the soul. It\u2019s the one thing with which I wake up, fall asleep. F\u2013king five years in a row,\u201d she purportedly stated in her native Russian. <\/p>\n<p>The brunette was promptly slammed on Twitter, with one critic responding: \u201cUkrainians are paying with their lives, while Russians thought they don\u2019t need pay anything?\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"embed-wrapper twitter\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">One of the <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Russian?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Russian<\/a> bloggers cries that in two days her Instagram will stop working<\/p>\n<p>She does not care at all about the thousands of dead people, including her compatriots. Obviously, her biggest worry right now is that she won&#8217;t be able to post pictures of food from restaurants. <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/LSdBiSlwHr\">pic.twitter.com\/LSdBiSlwHr<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 NEXTA (@nexta_tv) <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nexta_tv\/status\/1502433817465864198?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 11, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"840\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/russian-influencers-instagram-12.jpeg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=840\" alt=\"Valeria Chekalina \u2014 another influencer with 10.5 million followers \u2014 shared a crying face emoji to her profile. \" class=\"wp-image-21523914\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/russian-influencers-instagram-12.jpeg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1680 1680w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/russian-influencers-instagram-12.jpeg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1260 1260w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/russian-influencers-instagram-12.jpeg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=840 840w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/russian-influencers-instagram-12.jpeg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=420 420w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/russian-influencers-instagram-12.jpeg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 840px) 100vw, 840px\"\/><figcaption>Valeria Chekalina \u2014 another influencer with 10.5 million followers \u2014 shared a crying face emoji to her profile. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>However, the criticism hasn\u2019t stopped other starlets from also moaning about the end of Russia\u2019s Instagram era. <\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/ler_chek\/\">Valeria Chekalina<\/a> \u2014 an influencer with 10.5 million followers \u2014 shared a crying face emoji to her profile and told fans to find her on other apps, including Telegram. <\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/luckashyowa\/\">Liza Lukasheva<\/a> \u2014 who boasts 1 million followers \u2014 shared a short video bidding farewell to her fawning fans. <\/p>\n<p>The Instagram ban was announced Friday after Meta \u2014 which owns both Instagram and Facebook \u2014 announced a new policy applying only to Ukraine that allows calls for violence in posts about the Russian invasion into the country.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"819\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/russia-instagram-99.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=819\" alt=\"Liza Lukasheva shared a video to her Instagram Stories farewelling her fans.\" class=\"wp-image-21524347\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/russia-instagram-99.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1638 1638w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/russia-instagram-99.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1229 1228w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/russia-instagram-99.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=819 819w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/russia-instagram-99.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=410 409w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/russia-instagram-99.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 819px) 100vw, 819px\"\/><figcaption>Liza Lukasheva shared a video to her Instagram Stories farewelling her fans.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Courtesy of @Luckashyowa<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The Instagram ban comes amid Russia\u2019s ongoing war with Ukraine. <\/p>\n<p>However, it\u2019s likely that Putin also wants to limit citizens from outside influences and dissenting voices that can be found on the site. <\/p>\n<p>Earlier this month, some of Russia\u2019s elite Instagram users \u2014 including the daughter of oligarch Roman Abramovich and the daughter of Kremin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov. \u2014 spoke out against the invasion of Ukraine on the app. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"820\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/russia-instagram-120.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=820\" alt=\"The ban is a brutal blow to influencers such as bikini babe Buzkova. \" class=\"wp-image-21524378\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/russia-instagram-120.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1640 1640w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/russia-instagram-120.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1229 1230w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/russia-instagram-120.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=820 820w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/russia-instagram-120.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=410 410w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/russia-instagram-120.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 820px) 100vw, 820px\"\/><figcaption>The ban is a brutal blow to influencers such as bikini babe Buzkova. <\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Courtesy of @buzova86<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Given their close ties to Putin, the president was likely aware that the app was being used to post anti-war sentiments. <\/p>\n<p>The ban was announced Friday, with Russia\u2019s communications regulator telling users in an email to move their photos and videos from Instagram before they are no longer able to access them, while also suggesting they switch to the country\u2019s own \u201ccompetitive internet platforms.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe need to ensure the psychological health of citizens, especially children and adolescents, to protect them from harassment and insults online,\u201d regulator Roskomnadzor said.<\/p>\n<p>The head of Instagram said the block will affect 80 million users on the platform.\n                        <\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><script async defer src=\"https:\/\/platform.instagram.com\/en_US\/embeds.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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