Exile (Ilya Yatskevich) is a Russian video blogger, musician, and streamer. Forbes "30 Under 30" honoree (2023) in the "New Media" category. Born on July 2, 1998, in Kaliningrad, Russia.
Monetizes content (via streams, ads, subscriptions, merchandise sales, or music platforms) and, in accordance with applicable laws, pays taxes to the budget of the Russian Federation.
Any engagement with this content — views, likes, donations, merchandise purchases, or streams — indirectly contributes to financing the Russian economy and, consequently, the war against Ukraine.
Exile's stance on the war in Ukraine
Following Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Exile refrained from making any direct public statements regarding the war, but shared his emotions on his Telegram channel:
Covid was more or less beginning to end, and now all this fucking nightmare… When will we finally be able to live in peace and not depend on external problems that you cannot control...
Shortly afterward, he sarcastically commented on the news of YouTube disabling advertising monetization for Russian users: "Thank you, I love my country!".
Advertising Alabuga
In December 2022, Exile released a video featuring sponsored advertising for the "Alabuga-Polytech" college (the video has since been removed from YouTube). At that time, the educational institution was marketed as a modern technical educational center, and information about its direct involvement with Russia's military-industrial complex was not yet publicly known. Investigations and reports revealing the facility's role in combat drone manufacturing only surfaced widely in the summer of 2023. Consequently, at the time the sponsored integration was published, the blogger had no confirmed data that would allow this collaboration with Alabuga to be unequivocally interpreted as intentional support for the Russian military-industrial complex.
The blogger completely avoids public commentary about the war in Ukraine, remaining outside the political discourse.
He is registered on Roskomnadzor's state portal. This signifies that the Russian state officially monitors and regulates his media activities.
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