Vadim, known online as “I don’t want to be silent”, has been detained by the Police. The controversial Moldovan TikToker, based in Germany, with an audience of over 214,000 followers, risks 6 years in prison for promoting war.
The man is 33 years old. According to the investigation, he is suspected of repeatedly publishing, on TikTok, YouTube, and other online platforms, materials that would promote and justify aggressive military actions, would incite war, the expansion of armed conflicts, as well as hatred and social discrimination.
“On June 5, with the support of the masked officers from the BPDS “Fulger”, searches were carried out in the suspect’s car, from which mobile phones, a USB storage device, and several SIM cards were seized.”
The 33-year-old suspect was detained for 72 hours, and on June 8, he was formally charged and given the status of a defendant.
At the same time, a preventive measure was applied to him, requiring him to report to the criminal investigation body, announces the Police of the Republic of Moldova.
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The author of the blog set off last week from Frankfurt to the Republic of Moldova. He announced online about his journey and reported that he had bad premonitions before the trip.
In several video sequences published on social networks, the TikToker praised Russian President Vladimir Putin, urged Moscow to launch strikes with Oreșnic, promoted conspiracy theories, and made several misogynistic statements.
It should be noted that the individual concurrently manages several TikTok channels with similar content and almost identical names. He also had a website created in Romania, where he proposed collaborations on his pages on social networks, with his X, YouTube, Facebook, and Instagram pages also listed on the platform. Some of them have not been updated for about a year.