“If you don’t give me a live audience, I will tell the whole truth about what is currently happening in our country,” 39-year-old Lunin said in an Instagram post for Putin, saying it was a message from representatives of the Ministry of Defense and other security forces.
According to Deutsche Welle, the police detained Lunin for 11 days. His further fate will probably be decided next week.
According to the station, the veteran traveled to Moscow on Friday and disappeared. He was lured there by the controversial Russian political activist Vitaly Borodin, who allegedly promised him a meeting with Putin.
According to the station, Lunin’s wife Tatyana said that “strange people” came to their house in the village of Lizinovka in the Voronezh region on Saturday night. They claimed to be police officers and searched the house. A few hours later, according to the station, Tatjana said that her husband “is fine” and that she “asked him not to publish anything.”
Deleted from the register
Lunin claimed on Instagram that thousands of soldiers are suffering punishment from officers and disciplinary units for refusing to comply with “stupid and suicidal orders” or failing to hand over funds. In the end, they are “deleted from the records” and declared missing, Lunin added, according to the Russian opposition website Meduza.
“Mr. President, pay attention to this and invite me to you. If I don’t come to the Kremlin soon and stand by your side, the army will deploy its weapons against the Kremlin. But I’m just a messenger, I’m just passing on a message,” he concluded.
In other posts, the man assured that he is not bluffing, and if something happens to him or his family, it will be a signal to start the action. At the same time, however, he denied several times that he was the leader of the uprising.
Lunin turned suddenly
But on Friday, Lunin turned around. His words about the armed rebellion were allegedly distorted and misunderstood, according to him, Russian military bloggers are responsible for the whole situation, who do not provide truthful information about the situation at the front, the Radio Svoboda website recalled.
There is so much confusion surrounding the veteran himself. According to the findings of the Agency server, he had the surname Pustovalov until 2023 and served in various units from the age of 19 in multiple military conflicts.
He was expelled from the army in 2025 when he criticized the command of the Bars unit, which sent soldiers on a combat mission without weapons.
