A MODEL faces up to six years behind bars in Russia after allegedly selling explicit content on OnlyFans in a sweeping crackdown driven by Vladimir Putin’s “traditional values” crusade.
Diana Shurygina, 27, has been accused of the illegal production and circulation of pornographic material.
Influencer Diana Shurygina, 27, has been detained and placed under home arrest on suspicion of Illegal production and circulation of pornographic materials Credit: East2West
Diana faces up to six years behind bars Credit: East2West
enforcement officers swooped on her apartment, seizing gadgets, cameras and filming equipment in a dramatic raid.
Sources say the case centres on “intimate content” Shurygina allegedly sold to paying subscribers on .
She was detained after returning to from an extended stay in Bali, with reports claiming she attempted to flee back to Indonesia before she was held.
Diana has since been placed under house arrest as investigators build their case.
Her prosecution is part of a growing wave of cases targeting women over online adult content.
“Criminal cases have started being launched in for porn on OnlyFans,” reported The Moscow Times.
The has made clear its hostility to Western platforms, pushing hard to enforce so-called “traditional values” across the country.
Legal experts warn the net could widen even further.
Law enforcement officers swooped on her apartment, seizing gadgets, cameras and filming equipment in a dramatic raid Credit: East2West
She was detained after returning to Moscow from an extended stay in Bali Credit: East2West
Dmitry Matyushenkov said “operators, photographers, managers, or other individuals…. involved in the work” could also be prosecuted as part of an “organised group”.
Diana became a household name at just 17 when she appeared on to reveal she had been the victim of a gang rape the previous year.
The explosive case led to the jailing of one of the men she accused and gripped the nation.
In a separate case, a woman named Anastasia F. was detained in Yekaterinburg on similar charges after allegedly posting explicit content on OnlyFans and other platforms for five years.
“During the search of the flat, investigators seized a MacBook, , sex toys and a bank card,” a source said.
She was tracked down after uploading content from Bali, and the Maldives.
“I am living my dream,” she had said before police moved in.
Lawyer Yulia Bakun warned: “There is no distinction in the [Russian] legislation between what counts as erotica and what counts as pornography.”
The crackdown comes amid an even wider purge of dissent and “undesirable” behaviour in Putin’s Russia.
In another explosive case, , 27, was hunted down by pro-Kremlin figures and fined nearly £1,000 after claiming Russian women “aren’t pretty”.
She was forced to issue a grovelling apology after posting a rant online in which she branded Russians “freaks” and praised as a “super nation”.
The influencer, originally from Makiivka in eastern Ukraine but now living in Krasnodar with a Russian passport, sparked fury with her remarks.
She mocked Russia as a country of “freaks” while laughing in a video.
Authorities accused her of “inciting ethnic hatred” and discrediting Russia’s armed forces.
Olya initially insisted she had been “sarcastic” and expressed shock that critics failed to understand her comments.
But she was later forced to apologise publicly after being targeted by Telegram channel Crimean Smersh, run by pro-war activist Alexander Talipov, which is notorious for exposing critics of the regime.
Despite the apology, she was fined £780 and still faces further investigation, raising fears of harsher punishment to come.
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