Restaurant chain “Tanuki” against the background of threats called for blocking the Telegram channel of the “Male State”

“Tanuki” restaurant chain launched a flash mob in social networks calling on the founder of Telegram Pavel Durov and the Ministry of Communications of Russia to block the channel of the founder of the radical movement “Male State” Vyacheslav Pozdnyakov. Earlier, he demanded that the network remove ads for a black man and symbols of the LGBT community.

“This message (material) was created and (or) distributed by a company that does not care about calls to remove content and threats to its address”, – it says in a network message. “Tanuki” stylized the post as labeling the media as “foreign agents”.

The network urged its customers to mark under the post the accounts of Durov and the Ministry of Communications and “ask when this medieval Telegram channel [Позднякова] will be blocked. ” “Just mark @durov and ask: when will the channel with extremist and hate-mongering content be blocked?” The network pointed out.

“Tanuki” also stressedthat, unlike the YobiDoyobi network, he will not apologize for advertising with black people, but he respects and does not condemn the choice of colleagues. “We’re samurai – we have our own way. <...> Beautiful people will continue to appear on the photos in our social networks – representatives of different religions, nationalities, races and orientations, “the statement says.

Earlier, on August 29, Pozdnyakov, founder of the “Male State”, announced in the Telegram channel about the “war” with the Tanuki restaurant chain because of the alleged “imposition of values ​​alien to the Russian people.” The reason for the steel Photo from Instagram with a black man and rainbow sushi packaging – talking about using the rainbow flag in Pride Month. Pozdsisov demanded to remove “all nigeres and posts with LGBT”, and also called for supporters to make “fake” orders with cash and abandon them, paralyze delivery phones and organize a DDoS attack.

Tanuki refused to comply with the terms of the Male State and turned off cash payments. Pozdnyakov, in response, delivered an ultimatum to the Yandex.Eda delivery service, either to influence the restaurant chain to remove posts, or to remove Tanuki from the service. Otherwise, the activist threatened to “completely paralyze the entire courier network” of the service with fake orders.

Readovka edition after that reportedthat Yandex.Eda disconnected its couriers from delivery from Tanuki restaurants and then removed the network from its service. The press service of the service denied this.

The base and Mash They write that the FSB began to receive reports about the “mining” of “Tanuki” restaurants throughout Moscow. The company itself attributed this to the attack of the “Male State” and noted that the network points are operating normally. Marketing Director of Tanuki Stanislav Koloskov stated RBC that the calls came from “fake” numbers. According to him, police officers come to the establishments with checks, but since there are no complaints, they immediately leave.

Earlier this week, the founder of the “Men’s State” and his associates attacked the social networks of the sushi delivery network “YobiDoyobi”, which published a photo of a black man surrounded by several girls. The co-founder of YobiDoyobi, Konstantin Zimen, began receiving threats. By words businessman, the brand’s website was subjected to DDOS attacks, and the network’s rating on review sites dropped to one due to negative reviews. YobiDoyobi network in the end apologized for posts on her social networks that “touched the public” and removed all content “that caused a fuss”.

The “Men’s State” is a radical organization whose members position themselves as representatives of the so-called national patriarchy. They oppose feminism, LGBT people, and interethnic marriages. State Duma Deputy Oksana Pushkina repeatedly requested The Prosecutor General’s Office and the Ministry of Internal Affairs verify information that the “Male State” is connected with the Center “E” for Combating Extremism of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. August 30 at the Ministry of Internal Affairs statedthat did not find this connection.