A district court ordered the temporary closure on Wednesday for violating “hygienic and epidemiological requirements”. At the end of December, videos appeared on online networks showing numerous well-known faces from the entertainment industry in lingerie and other revealing outfits celebrating together at a party under the motto “Almost Naked” in the Mutabor club.
While the Kremlin refused to comment, the recordings caused outrage among several conservative politicians. They called for investigations against the participants.
Prominent guests, such as the Russian ESC winner Dima Bilan, pop star Filipp Kirkorov, the well-known journalist Xenia Sobchak and the organizer, actress Anastasia Ivleyeva, publicly apologized after the party.
Russian rapper Vacio, who was seen in pictures from the celebration with only a sock over his genitals, was sentenced to 15 days in prison and summoned to a military recruiting center. Since the start of the offensive in Ukraine, the Kremlin has escalated its conservative rhetoric.
