Nastya Ivleeva is a Russian television presenter and video blogger. Best known as an Instagram star (18 million followers) and as the host of the travel television show "Orel i Reshka" (Heads and Tails). Born on March 8, 1991, in Leningrad, USSR.
On February 5, 2019, she was banned from entering Ukraine because in 2017 she visited temporarily occupied Crimea.
Nastya Ivleeva's stance on the war in Ukraine
In front of her audience of 19 million followers, on the 6th day of the war, Ivleeva openly called on the Russian Federation to cease military operations, posting on her Instagram:
We have become witnesses to a genuine catastrophe. In Ukraine, people are dying, cities are being destroyed, our soldiers are dying, many of whom are very young, an information war is raging in which we, simple people, cannot find the truth, a civil information war in which we, simple people, curse, threaten, and hate each other. I urge you to make the second round of negotiations the final end to military operations, I urge you to reach an agreement, I urge you to reach those compromises that will halt the loss of life. I urge you to stop. I say this, Nastya Ivleeva, a person of peace, a citizen of the Russian Federation, a patriot of my country.
However, just a few weeks later, she stated that "Russians have nothing to be ashamed of," responding to a statement by journalist Ilya Krasilshchik in his New York Times column where he claimed that "Russians have failed" as a nation.
Realizing that her support for Ukraine could have severe consequences for her career, she decided not to touch upon the subject of Russian aggression anymore:
Forgive me that I cannot please everyone! Every people, country, city, situation, mentality, decision, circumstance, family, human, mood, and so forth! I cannot! I only have one life! I have my choice, my life, my family, and my health! And I cannot and will not sacrifice them in the name of something or someone! I act and make decisions within the framework of what I can do without harming my family, my activities, and my life.
Following the "almost naked party" organized by Ivleeva herself, the situation changed dramatically. Due to complaints from Z-patriots, both Ivleeva herself and all celebrity guests of the party fell into disgrace and faced "cancel culture": Philipp Kirkorov, Lolita, Dima Bilan, Glukoza, Anna Asti, and others. In order to earn forgiveness, artists were forced to publicly repent: travel to Donbas, offer public apologies, and send humanitarian aid to the front line. In turn, on February 23, 2024, Nastya posted congratulations to "defenders of the Fatherland... those on the front line" on her Telegram channel.
On February 29, 2024, Ivleeva hit a new low and published a post on Telegram overtly hinting that she would vote for Putin in the presidential elections:
This year, for the first time, I re-watched the president's address. Over the past few months, I have been trying to delve deeper into many issues that I didn't pay attention to before. The initiatives and projects that were announced genuinely resonate with me. I know who I will go and vote for.
And of course, on election day came the expected photo of Ivleeva at the polling station; now she had "walked through the right door":
On April 16, 2024, a protocol against Anastasia Ivleeva was submitted to Moscow's Tverskoy District Court, charging her with "discrediting" the Russian military (Part 1, Article 20.3.3 of the Administrative Code).
On May 3, 2024, in an interview on the YouTube channel "Luka Yebkov", Ivleeva admitted to a recent trip to Donbas on her 33rd birthday and providing assistance to Russian military personnel. She traveled through several cities, including Mariupol. In her words, Mariupol is a "semi-ruined city" that is now "being actively reconstructed" where "new life is being born from the ruins." The blogger also claimed she had always treated Vladimir Putin "with sympathy and respect" and had never supported Alexei Navalny.
Video: Ivleeva on Putin and Navalny, trip to Donbas, helping Russian soldiers, and traditional values
Ivleeva's Instagram posts on the war in Ukraine
What celebrities say about Ivleeva's stance on the war
There is mourning in Russia, there is sorrow in Russia. Instagram has been shut down. Instagram bloggers are weeping, home nail techs are weeping, fitness babes are weeping. Even Ivleeva is distressed. As for Anton Ptushkin, with whom she said she was 'like brother and sister', who is right now in some Kyiv bomb shelter, she doesn't worry so much about that. And people with automatic rifles came to the home of Zhenya Sinelnikov, who created 'Orel i Reshka'. But he survived. She doesn't worry much about him either...
Nastyusha Ivleeva, I sincerely wish that in your hometown 'new life would be born' just like that. You don't have balls. And that means you never did.
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