Irina Antonenko, a 42-year-old blogger from Petropavlovsk, spoke about the deaths of 14 servicemen during a TikTok livestream on Kazakhstan's national day of mourning. After the video circulated, police took an interest in the woman, but no fine or administrative arrest followed — she received an official warning, according to infohub.kz.
During the livestream, the blogger said she did not know the deceased servicemen personally and did not believe she should change her life because of what happened.
"What nonsense is this? People die everywhere every day — am I supposed to go into mourning now? I didn't know these people at all. Why pretend? I don't know these people! My life goes on; to grieve for someone, it would have to be at least my son or husband, or some close friends. And you just take it upon yourselves to act like you're something you're not," the blogger said during the stream.
After the broadcast, police in the North Kazakhstan Region identified the woman. The regional police department told Kursiv that they held a preventive talk with her.
"Police identified the 42-year-old resident of Petropavlovsk. A preventive talk was held with her, and an official warning was issued about the inadmissibility of continuing behavior with signs of being antisocial. The woman was warned about responsibility for actions creating conditions for offenses. Later, she publicly apologized by posting a video address," police commented.
Police also explained that they found no criminal offense in the blogger's statement.
After the police warning, she published an apology video.
Earlier, Kursiv reported that 21-year-old Nurakhmet Berdibay from Shymkent was arrested for 10 days after a TikTok livestream. According to police, when answering a viewer's question about the day of mourning, he made statements that the court regarded as showing disrespect for society.