27-year-old singer Ivan Vitalievich Petunin, known by the stage name ‘Walkie’, posted one last video on Telegram claiming that he “couldn’t take the sin of murder in my soul”
Russian President Vladimir Putin’s decree to mobilize 300,000 reservists to fight on the front lines against the Ukrainians has sparked a stampede in the country. Since the Kremin chief’s speech more than a week ago, nearly as many people as Moscow wanted to recruit have fled to neighboring areas. Much of the civilians have made it clear that they do not want to fight, either by breaking their limbs or setting themselves on fire. But this Monday, the most extreme measure taken so far is known: suicide.
A Russian rapper has committed suicide to avoid being recalled. “I am not willing to kill for any ideal,” declared Ivan Vitalievich Petunin, known by the stage name ‘Walkie’, in his latest video on his Telegram account. According to the Daily Mail newspaper, his body was found near a high-rise building on Congressnaia Street, in the southern Russian city of Krasnodar.
“If you’re watching this video, I’m not alive anymore. I can’t take the sin of murder into my soul and I don’t want to,” said Petunin, who had previously served in the Russian army and was treated in a psychiatric hospital, in the farewell video. history. As a man who couldn’t bear what was happening. I’m not ready to take up arms and kill my own kind,” he stressed before committing suicide.
‘Walkie’ has released ten albums since its debut in 2015. The most recent, ‘Walk Out Boy 3’, was released earlier this year. His most popular song on Spotify, where he has more than 239,000 listeners monthly, has more than a million views.
Source: La Verdad
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