‘I was literally in prison.’ Owner of Lady Gaga fan account with 480,000 followers returns as reports identify him as a Belarusian protest prisoner.
The owner of a Lady Gaga fan account on X said he had been offline for two years because he was arrested in early 2024 “for protesting against the government” and sentenced to two years in prison.
Kirill, the owner of the Lady Gaga fan account with over 480,000 followers on X, revealed he had been offline for two years after being arrested in early 2024 for protesting against the government in Belarus. He shared his story in a post on September 22, 2026, explaining that he was sentenced to more than two years in prison for organizing group actions that violated public order.
Kirill's last post before his arrest was dated March 1, 2022, and featured a video from inside a police van with the Kremlin visible through the window. His Instagram account, linked in the post, contains photos taken in Moscow and Minsk. According to the Telegram channel Ostorozhno, Novosti, Kirill N., a 32-year-old from Minsk, was detained in early 2024 and sentenced in a case involving 2020 protests. He was released in April 2026.
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