The daughter of a Russian general travels around Europe. Her father was accused of war crimes
Since the beginning of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the Kremlin has been conducting a widespread propaganda campaign, presenting the West as a threat to traditional values, calling it “rotten”.
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Who is Anastasia Tokareva?
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Meanwhile, as noted by the independent Belarusian agency Nexta, the reality of some representatives of the Russian elite differs significantly from official accounts. The relatives of high-ranking officials and military officials take advantage of the opportunity to live in the West, including traveling to European Union countries.
According to information from Nexta, Anastasia Tokarieva regularly posted photos and reports from numerous trips abroad on Instagram. During the ongoing war, she visited, among others, France, Italy and Austria, while running a travel blog. In her entries, she emphasized that obtaining a visa was possible because – in her opinion – European economies had “weakened”.
The 22-year-old's father took part in the invasion of Ukraine
Her profile also included content supporting Russian war propaganda. Tokareva allegedly published comments, among others: regarding the Russian army's alleged “repulse of Nazism” – this is a narrative repeated by the Kremlin since the beginning of the invasion of Ukraine.
Anastasia's father, Major General Aleksandr Tokarev, serves as commander of the 22nd Army Corps of the 5th General Military Army of the Eastern Military District of the Russian Armed Forces. He took part in a full-scale invasion of Ukraine. In June 2023, Russian state media published photos of him attending a meeting between graduates of the General Staff Military Academy and President Vladimir Putin.
General Tokarev's name was also included on the Ukrainian “List of torturers”. He was classified there as a person suspected of committing war crimes.
