Some Russian influencers have been left in tears following their country's decision to ban Instagram from Monday.
Reality TV star Olga Buzova, who has 23.3 million Instagram followers, posted a nearly seven-minute video on Sunday of herself sobbing over the impending loss of her audience.A post shared by ????? ?????? "I just shared my life, my work, and my soul. I did not do this all as a job for me, this is a part of my soul. It feels like a big part of my heart, and my life is being taken away from me," Buzova added.
The 36-year-old ended her video by saying that she was"going to go and continue crying." The clip had racked up more than 700,000 views as of press time.by opposition news channel Nexta TV, another unnamed Russian content creator also cried over the weekend as she said that she was in the"first stage of grief" over the ban.
"Do you think that for me, as an Instagram influencer, this is a source of income?" she said in Russian in a video shared by the channel."To me, it's all life. It's the soul. It's the one thing with which I wake up, fall asleep. Fucking five years in a row."Other Russian influencers implored their fans to move to Telegram or the VK social media platform to continue following them there.in her Instagram bio, alongside an emoji of a crying face.
While these influencers have received messages of support from their followers, some were also slammed for complaining"God, in Ukraine, people are dying, children are in the subway, there is nowhere to sleep, they have lost everything, and you are crying because of Instagram," one person commented in response to Buzova's post.
Russia announced on Friday that it would be banning Instagram — a week after it blocked Facebook. This followed the country's move to declare the platforms'
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