Vladimir Putin is not happy with the party that has been celebrated in Moscow. Many came there famous russians “almost naked” in the middle of the war in Ukraine, something that has unleashed the wrath of the Kremlin. So much so that a rapper who attended with only a sock ‘hiding’ his penis has been sentenced to 15 days in prison.

The events occurred in the Mutabor nightclub Moscow on December 21st. The party was organized by the blogger Anastasia ‘Nastya’ Ivleeva and well-known singers attended in underwear or skimpy outfits. The sponsors of some of these artists have broken their contracts with them.

Dmitry Peskov, Putin’s spokesman, asked journalists to forgive him for not publicly commenting on this scandal: “Let you and I be the only ones in the country who do not discuss this issue.” Maria Zakharova, spokesperson for the Russian Foreign Ministry, said that the event had “stained” the reputation of those who participated, according to the media outlet Ura.ru.

For days, authorities, pro-Kremlin legislators and bloggers, as well as state media and Orthodox Church groups have dedicated harsh headlines against the attendees. The blogger Ivleeva, who has apologized twice, appears in videos of her showing a chain of emeralds around her butt valued at 23 million rubles ($251,000) at a time when many Russians are struggling to get ahead.

The authorities have opened an investigation that carries a possible five-year prison sentence for the blogger and a Moscow court has accepted a lawsuit from a group of people asking her to pay. 1 billion rubles ($10.9 million) for “moral suffering“If they are successful, they want the money to go to a state fund that supports veterans of the war in Ukraine.

The scandal comes as Putin, who is expected to handily win another six-year term in March elections, has doubled down on social conservatism, urging families to have eight or more children, and after the Russian Supreme Court ruled that LGBT activists should be designated as “extremists”.