The Federal Tax Service (FTS) continues to monitor unscrupulous influencers. The scandalous singer Daria Zoteeva, also known as Instasamka, became another blogger who came under the control of the department. She, like other millionaire bloggers, is suspected of tax evasion on an especially large scale. In what scandalous antics the singer was seen, and how she earns, – in the material of the “Company”.
Information about the blocking of the accounts of the singer and blogger appeared on Wednesday, May 3, and immediately after that it became known about the departure of Instasamka to Dubai. She shared footage from the plane on social media. According to the Shot Telegram channel, the singer owes 689 thousand rubles to the tax. Earlier it became known about the cancellation of her concerts in Moscow “for reasons beyond the control of the venues.”
Data on the upcoming large-scale check of bloggers appeared on the Web at the end of April. More than 30 people were included in the so-called black list of “infogypsies” of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and criminal cases were opened against Elena Blinovskaya and the Chekalins.
The day before, the department temporarily closed access to the bank accounts of Oksana Samoilova’s firms. Blogger Alexandra Mitroshina and video blogger Dina Saeva also came under the watchful eye of the tax authorities. Next in line are Huseyn Hasanov, TV presenter Regina Todorenko and hip-hop artist Yegor Creed – their names are also on the “black list”.
Queen of scandalous hype
Daria Zoteeva was born in Tobolsk in 2000 in a family of entrepreneurs. The singer is not the only child in the family, she has a younger sister named Rita. A few years later, the Zoteevs moved to Chekhov. In 2010, the father left the family, and the mother and daughters moved to Moscow. Relations with new classmates Dasha did not develop. The future star remembers this period of her life without much enthusiasm.
The turning point in the biography of an ordinary girl Dasha was 2016, when she started an account on Instagram*. The novice blogger took on the pseudonym “President” and began to release videos about problems in Russia and the world. Her video about the tragedy at the Zimnyaya Cherry shopping center in Kemerovo went viral on the Web. Then Zoteeva realized that in order to recruit an audience, she needed resonant content. Soon the blogger changed her nickname to “Instasamka”.
Realizing that the best PR is black PR, the girl began to stir up interest in her person with scandalous antics and staged stories. In 2019, the blogger told subscribers that her apartment was allegedly robbed. Online, she even showed the chaos left by the criminals – scattered things, a broken plasma TV. Some bloggers hinted that this was a hoax, but most still believed her.
After some time, Daria’s friend/boyfriend blogger Oleg Moneyken got into a “terrible car accident”. About the incident “Instasamka” hysterically told live. It was later revealed that the accident was a staged staged by young people. The blood turned out to be fake, and the ambulance driver was bribed. All this was for the promotion of Daria’s first music album.
In January 2021, a new scandal involving Instasamka thundered. The blogger got nasty to the Yandex.Food courier and dumped the contents of the ashtray on him “for non-compliance with coronavirus measures and the lack of gloves,” promising the company black PR. The service reacted harshly to the blogger’s trick – her account was permanently blocked in the application.
Without new conflicts, the girl did not last long. Just a month later, in February 2021, Daria posted videos in her stories in which she kicks out makeup artists who are late for her shoot by throwing their suitcases with cosmetics on the tiled floor.
“I want to appeal to everyone who treats their work this way. You are the attendants who will always sit and blame everyone for the fact that you live poorly. It’s disgusting for me to look at you, it’s a pity for me to look at you, ”said Zoteeva and, at the end of her words, spat at the camera.
This trick did not get away with Daria so easily. A wave of hate hit the blogger. Former fans began to massively unsubscribe from the account of the scandalous singer, and the general director of the film distribution company TenLetters, Dmitry Mozhaev, terminated the contract with her (Daria voiced one of the heroines of the cartoon “100% Wolf”). The actions of the “Instasamka” were condemned by many media personalities, including Klava Koka and Rita Dakota. The latter even expressed a desire to pay for the work of the affected makeup artists and buy them new cosmetics to replace the broken one.
False courses
Having gained popularity on the Web, Instasamka decided to create several additional sources of income, in addition to advertising on her blog (from 100 thousand rubles for integration) and releasing tracks. So there was a course on building a business on Instagram from scratch. For this, the blogger created a separate website – Samkamoney.ru. She promised subscribers earnings from the first days of work from 300 thousand rubles a month with minimal investment. Her advice cost 990 rubles.
In fact, the buyer received a 10-page file with a brief story about how the Instasamka store developed. In particular, she offered to buy cheap goods on conditional AliExpress and sell them ten times more expensive on Instagram. In the file, the singer left links to various services for working with Instagram, which turned out to be referral (Daria received deductions for each purchase / download on them). At the end of the course, she offered additional paid services: consultation on the store – 5 thousand rubles per hour, a turnkey store – 100 thousand rubles.
Just six months after the makeup scandal, Instasamka launched its make-up course. Tariffs for SamkaMakeUp cost from 290 to 990 rubles. Buyers noted that it contained well-known information, some of which was entirely copied from other sites dedicated to cosmetics and care.
TickTock users also noticed that “Instasamka” does not make up herself: the blogger’s hand is clumsily and incorrectly placed – she just pokes herself in the eyes with a brush, and in the next frame she already appears with a perfectly shaded product.
Under the watchful eye
“Instasamka” fell into the perimeter of interest of the authorities a year and a half ago. In 2021, Roskomnadzor decided to check her tracks after a statement by activists from the public center for the protection of family values \u200b\u200bIvanchai, who saw “debauchery” and promotion of sex work in the singer’s tracks. Then it all ended with a test.
At the beginning of this year, the blogger again tried to convict of debauchery. This time the initiative came from the head of the Safe Internet League, Ekaterina Mizulina. The public figure said that Zoteeva “in the pursuit of super profits, advertises drug stores.”
Trying to avoid conflict with regulators, the blogger announced changes to her upcoming concert tour around the country. “We are going with a program without swearing and without old material,” she said. However, apparently, no one believed the words of the infamous performer, and Zoteeva’s concerts began to be banned even before the start of her tour.
According to unconfirmed reports, the girl’s total income for 2021 exceeded 2-3 million rubles a month. Its fleet includes a red Ford Kuga crossover, a red Lexus and a black Audi A6 sedan. The girl likes to dress in TSUM and travel by premium taxi. Examining her branded jackets in the wardrobe during an interview with the YouTube show “Viska”, Daria outlined their value: “This is more than the monthly budget of Tobolsk. One of my coats is bigger than Tobolsk.”