Members of the 'Non-Existent Light' community spotted in Vietnam after inspections in Russia

Appearance in Vietnam

Suspected members of the misogynistic community 'Non-Existent Light' began being spotted in Russian-language chats in Ho Chi Minh City about two weeks ago. This was reported to 'Ostorozhno, novosti' (Careful, News) by Anna (name changed), a Russian woman living in Vietnam. According to her, women began finding possible members of the project on social media and dating apps, and the heightened attention to them arose after an episode of the 'Pust govoryat' (Let Them Talk) program about the community's activities and reports of inspections in Russia.

Inspections in Russia

In October, the Moscow prosecutor's office reported possible signs of incitement of hatred or enmity and humiliation of human dignity in the project's materials; the materials were forwarded to the Interior Ministry's Center for Combating Extremism. Later, Investigative Committee Chairman Alexander Bastrykin demanded a report on the progress of a separate procedural investigation. Life.ru previously described the course of this inspection in detail.

What is happening in Ho Chi Minh City

Anna claims that after the inspections began, some men connected with the community ended up in Vietnam, and statements about Asian women began appearing more frequently in publications by 'Non-Existent Light' itself. The public page later posted a crude message about the purpose of the trip — meeting and having sexual contacts with Asian women. Local women are warning each other and advising against agreeing to meetings with strangers linked to the community: according to the source, some men use pre-prepared conversation scripts, ask questions of a sexual nature, and test personal boundaries. Anna claims that local law enforcement has already received complaints about what is happening, and that around ten members of the community may currently be in Ho Chi Minh City. This information comes from a single source of the outlet and from the public page itself; the publication contains no independent confirmation of the group's size or of the complaints to the police.