Kinky Party organizers announced the suspension of sex parties – Kommersant

Organizers of erotic parties Kinky Party announced the suspension of events “in the previous format” after receiving a warning from unnamed government agencies. “While our events have always complied with the law and aimed to create a safe, respectful environment for free expression, we have received a warning that any events related to sex topics will not be tolerated,” Kinky Party organizers said on their Facebook page. Instagram (owned by Meta corporation, recognized as extremist and banned in the Russian Federation).

Kinky Parties for audiences over 18 years old have been held in Moscow since 2016. On the party website, the project was called a “bright erotic show” with “good music, dancing and new acquaintances.” The founder of Kinky Party Taisiya Reshetnikova told RBC in 2018 that 5 thousand people attended 18 sex parties in a new format for Moscow. In Ogonyok’s 2017 article about the boom in sex education in Russia, Kinky Party was called an “erotic masquerade,” and its organizers said that “we are not against sex, but we don’t call for it either.” There was a dress code and pre-screening of guests at parties. In March 2022, Kinky Party organizers announced parties would be held “without a dress code, sexual interactions or loud music,” but then returned to the usual format. In August 2022, Taisiya Reshetnikova admitted to the publication “Big City” that “half the team and audience have left.” “Kinky Parties will not be able to take place in Moscow in the foreseeable future,” party organizers said on February 7 on their Instagram page (21 thousand subscribers), clarifying that they do not know whether “the new norms are a temporary or permanent measure.”

Ivan Tyazhlov