Russian influencer Ivleeva fined for hosting ‘almost naked’ party

Paul Kirby

TV presenter and influencer Anastasia Ivleeva has already apologised twice for hosting an “Almost Naked” party in a Moscow club that sparked a moral backlash in wartime Russia.

Now Lefortovo court in Moscow has imposed a 100,000-rouble (£870; $1,100) fine on her for arranging it.

“I would like to ask you, the people, for a second chance,” she pleaded in an Instagram video this week.

She was convicted of organising a mass presence that violated public order.

But Friday’s fine may not be the end of her public humiliation.

A remorseful Ivleeva has already promised to donate the proceeds of ticket sales to charities.

But another court has registered a billion-rouble class action lawsuit against her for “moral damage”, signed by 22 people, who want her to hand the billion to a group that donates money to Russians fighting in Ukraine.

After the party, held on 20 December