In Yekaterinburg, the police came to a closed BDSM party

In Yekaterinburg, on the night of February 4, the police raided a club where the closed erotic party Blue Velvet was held. This was reported by the city publications Itʼs My City and Ura.ru.

According to eyewitnesses, the police appeared in the “Fabryka” club about half an hour after the event began. Blue Velvet is a BDSM themed party, which, according to RBC, was previously held in the city about 30 times. According to eyewitnesses, the documents of the participants were checked, and the party itself was not allowed to take place. As stated in a message in the “Svet Yekaterinburg” public: “The guards came and closed the party, everyone was rewritten.”

At the same time, the party was closed – the number of seats was limited, guests were admitted by password, the venue and details were disclosed only to the party participants.

The head of the press service of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Sverdlovsk region, Valery Gorelykh, said in a comment to RBC that the police, together with the employees of other law enforcement agencies, conducted a “regular, planned, preventive raid” aimed, as he put it, at “stabilizing the operational situation” in the city. According to him, the documents of 270 people were checked, among them there were two minors, reports were drawn up regarding their parents. Three more protocols were drawn up on the article on the consumption of narcotic drugs or psychotropic substances.

At the beginning of December, shortly after the decision of the Supreme Court of Russia to ban the so-called international LGBT movement (an organization that does not exist in reality), it was reported about a police raid in the Ekaterinburg gay club Fame. The Ministry of Internal Affairs then reported on checking the documents of more than 100 people and seizing hard alcohol without excise stamps; no other consequences were reported.

• In Moscow, on December 20, a private party was held at the Mutabor club. A dress code with a minimum of clothing was recommended for guests participating in Moscow social life. Photos and videos from the party got on the Internet and led to the condemnation of pro-government bloggers and activists. The participants, in particular, were accused of the inappropriateness of such events against the background of the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
• Sources of several mass media assumed that the public campaign was organized from the Kremlin, Vladimir Putin himself made an indirect criticism of the “naked party”. Many of its participants faced trouble – from cancellation of concerts to administrative fines and arrest.