The man in the video is dressed in a black jacket reminiscent of a prison uniform. He has a sailor’s vest on and tinsel draped across his chest. A badge saying FBI is attached to the vest, hand-drawn in blue marker.
“There will never be life under fascism,” he says. “Putin is a fascist, and the peoples of our country gave up millions of their best lives to ensure that there was no fascism. We will not accept it. We will not worship this beast. Down with the war in Ukraine, down with the fascist Putin regime, freedom to all political prisoners, freedom to all prisoners, freedom for everyone.”
Pavel Kushnir — the man in the videos — would be arrested and charged with “publicly calling for terrorism” in May, five months after uploading Life. There is video footage of the arrest itself, with large, masked law enforcement agents leading a thin man in a black shirt away, ultimately to his death.