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[KavkazUzel] Volgograd blogger Pavel Prokudin apologized for insulting Muslims and residents of the Caucasus in his video stream. He explained that his statements were provoked by insults against the Russians and himself.
A recording of the stream, in which a blogger from Volgograd Pavel Prokudin insulted Muslims, was published on social networks, in particular, on June 22 it was published by the Atypical Makhachkala Telegram channel.
On the recording, the young man repeatedly mentioned Muslims who grew three-meter beards and listen to Allah, mentioning the numerous restrictions that exist in Islam, while actively using profanity. At the same time, he expressed insults against all "Caucasians". "There will still be some Dagestan to indicate something to me," he said. During the stream, he explained that Muslims are unhappy with his long bangs.
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Today, in the same Telegram channel, a video with Prokudin's apologies was published.
"I would like to comment on the broadcast, where I offended the Caucasians. I apologize to all Caucasians, Muslims for hurting your religion. I was wrong. There are bad and good in every nation. The fact is that I broadcast for for several years, many Caucasians call Russians names, including me. This was not said about all Caucasians, but only about those who insult the nation, people, including me. Once again, I apologize to everyone I offended, to all Muslims," said the young man in the video. In the video where he apologizes, the bangs are neatly combed back.
On Prokudin's TikTok page, which is followed by 120,500 people, at 17.30 Moscow time on June 23, one video is posted in the public domain, in which he lies with his head in a bathtub full of water, and then rises from the water. At the same time, the streamer on the video is wearing a T-shirt. There is no video with insults against Muslims, as well as an apology on Prokudin's TikTok.
A total of 4,500 people subscribed to Prokudin's YouTube channel, one video and three short videos are posted there.
The Mufti of the Central Spiritual Administration of Muslims of the Volgograd Region, Kifah Bata Mohamad, called the blogger’s words a provocation.
"He does not speak on behalf of the Russian nation, from Russia. He represents only himself. He is not worthy of attention. Last time, the authorities reacted very well and quickly when the situation with the burning of the Koran was. I think the authorities will quickly find him here, too," the V1 edition quoted him as saying on June 21.
On May 20, a local resident Nikita Zhuravel was detained in Volgograd, who recorded a video with the burning of the Koran. During the interrogation, he stated that he had done it at the direction of the Ukrainian special services.
On May 21, the chairman of the Sledkom, Alexander Bastrykin, ordered that Zhuravel's criminal case be transferred to Chechnya. The Sledkom called the appeals of the residents of Chechnya, who asked to be recognized as the injured party, as the basis for transferring the case.
On May 22, Zhuravel was arrested in Volgograd. The head of the Ministry of Justice suggested that, after the verdict, the Volgograd citizen be sent to a colony in the region with a Muslim population.
On May 27, Zhuravel was taken to the pre-trial detention center in Grozny. Inhabitants of Chechnya gathered near the detention center building and demanded that the Volgograd citizen be severely punished. The trial of Zhuravel in the case of burning the Koran should take place at the crime scene in Volgograd, and its delivery to Chechnya makes you fear for his life, Instagram users indicated.
An investigation is underway into insults against Muslims, Bloknot Volgograd reported today, citing the press service of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs for the Volgograd Region.
Prokudin is 28 years old and lives in the Krasnoarmeisky district of Volgograd. In May, he was interrogated about streaming with his 39-year-old cohabitant. In the video, the girl was screaming, crying and asking for help. Concerned viewers turned to the authorities. As a result, it turned out that everything recorded on the video took place with her consent. After that, the trash streamers were released. In February 2022, Prokudin received 10 days of administrative arrest for beating his mother and grandmother on air, the publication says.
The "Caucasian Knot" also wrote that the author of the video from the mosque in Shali, a Penza student, apologized "to the entire Chechen people" for insulting women after he was "found" in his hometown. Commentators on the social network considered the apology insufficient.
The practice of public apologies, adopted in Chechnya at the suggestion of Ramzan Kadyrov, has spread to other regions of Russia, reaching even Moscow. For example, on August 5, 2022, a resident of Moscow apologized for a video with obscene comments, in which a resident of Chechnya walks along a Moscow beach with weapons. The Muscovite admitted that he was "guilty about the Chechen people" and promised that this would not happen again. The DJ, who wore Chechen clothes and a headdress while performing dance music on August 19, 2022, apologized for his behavior.
In October 2022, a young man who danced in a pink dress at the entrance to Grozny, as well as two of his acquaintances involved in filming a video about it, apologized to Muslims. One of the young people added that he was punished for his act.
The report of the international crisis group "Chechnya: Internal Abroad," published in June 2015 on the "Caucasian Knot", noted that such apologies are the result of pressure and threats. How this practice is spreading to other regions of Russia can be read in the "Caucasian Knot" reference "Fashion for apologies: from Chechnya to the very outskirts."
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