Press Secretary of Russian President Dmitry Peskov commented on blogger Victoria Boni’s appeal to Vladimir Putin. He pointed out that the appeal “attracted the public’s attention” and received many views on social media.
“Several topics were touched upon separately, which, as you can see, are already being worked on,” Peskov said at a press conference on April 16. <…> “Yes, indeed, these are very resonant topics, but to be fair, a lot of work is being done on them, a large number of people are involved, and all of this is not left unattended.”
Victoria Bonya published an appeal to Putin “on behalf of the people” on April 14. She mentioned five problems about which the president did not have all the information: floods in Dagestan, pollution of beaches in Anapa, rules allowing the killing of animals listed in the Red Book, confiscation of livestock in the Novosibirsk region, and blocking of the Internet. “Vladimir Vladimirovich, they are afraid of you,” Bonya said. “People are afraid of you, bloggers, artists are afraid of you, conservatives are afraid of you. And you are the president of our country. And it seems to me that we should not be afraid.” By April 16, the video had more than 1 million likes.
Aida, the ex-wife of rapper Joffe, a TV presenter and blogger with four million followers on Instagram, came out in support of Bonnie. In her speech, she also referred to the problems that concern Russians, and mentioned corruption. “I don’t understand how a situation like this can happen where one percent of people have something that ninety-nine percent don’t have,” Issa said.