Matvienko’s godson was arrested for seven days for a link to Instagramtranslated

The Smolninsky District Court of St. Petersburg arrested Vladislav Tyulpanov, the son of Senator Vadim Tyulpanov, who died in 2017, for seven days. Tyulpanov Jr. was found guilty of demonstrating prohibited symbols (Part 1 of Article 20.3 of the Administrative Code), the press service of the city courts reported.

The reason for the protocol was a link to Vladislav Tyulpanov’s Instagram account posted on his Telegram channel, the press service of the courts clarified to Rotunda. Tulipov fully admitted his guilt and removed the link from his profile description.

Vladislav Tyulpanov is 21 years old. He calls himself “the youngest and most famous politician in Russia.” On his website and in his social networks, Tyulpanov Jr. regularly emphasizes that his godmother is Speaker of the Federation Council Valentina Matvienko.

Tyulpanov Jr. tried several times to join United Russia. In 2025, he received a party card from the United Russia branch in Chechnya, saying that in St. Petersburg he was “prevented from joining the party.” The Chechen branch soon expelled Tyulpanov for “discrediting” the party. He tried again to join United Russia in St. Petersburg, but his application was not accepted.

St. Petersburg publications write (1, 2) that Tyulpanov Jr. was in the news...