Russian millionaire blogger, disgraced by Belarusian language, recorded an explanatory video — but still didn't apologize

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Gospozha Evelin is a Russian blogger with 3.6 million followers on TikTok. On May 12, the girl uploaded a video filmed on a train en route to Belarus. In it, the blogger and other girls actively discuss Belarusian-language inscriptions on products and laugh at some of them.

Now, under Evelin's video, there are many comments calling for an apology. And on May 30, Evelin posted a video where she tried to explain the situation.

"Recently, I learned that it's correct to say Belarus, not Belorussia, that Minsk is not Russia, and Belarus is a separate country," the girl begins.

Evelin then says that she has a very poor education, and travel is precisely a way for her to educate herself.

"In that very video from the train to Belarus, after which I was labeled among the worst people in the world who disrespect no one and nothing, I sit and laugh at the words 'цукеркі ў шакаладзе' (sweets in chocolate). Now I call all sweets 'цукеркі', because I heard that word for the first time. It seemed super cool, super funny to me," the Russian woman explains her reaction.

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The girl then talks about how much she enjoyed spending time in Belarus — both this spring and earlier:

"This was my second trip to Minsk. My last trip was in summer, and it was simply wonderful. We stocked up on fruits at markets, watched sunsets, and swam in the Svislach river, and I have a snippet from that river.

I showed the beauty of Belarusian nature, talked about how much I like everything. On this trip, we even recorded a track in Minsk – greetings, Zalataya Horka."

Evelin says that a Belarusian editor works in her team, and she is satisfied with him — "he is my Minsk bro." In Minsk, according to the girl, she felt at home, although she understood that she was in another country, ate local dishes, and visited Minsk beauty salons. She liked the city so much that she thought of staying there for three months.

The Russian woman assures that she generally avoids conflicts in life:

"And naturally, I definitely didn't want any negativity towards me for simply sharing my life, sharing my reaction to certain things that I see for the first time and that seem unfamiliar to me. I can laugh at them, but laugh because it's cool, not because 'hee-hee, it's so funny.' It's such a format that it was really fun for me because I saw it for the first time in my life."

The girl says that she is generally prone to laughing a lot — except in places where it might not be appropriate. And she doesn't think she could have bothered anyone in a closed train compartment with it.

"I repeat once again that I didn't want any negativity towards anyone, nor towards the country where I am a guest. Especially considering that I love Belarus, I really like Minsk, it's a pleasant place for me where I can have a good time. In parallel, I can also work there, because literally all the conditions are available," Evelin notes.

According to the Russian woman, if things are not taken out of context, they will not seem dismissive. She says she treats Belarus only with kindness and "with a laugh," so she asks people not to be angry with her.

"I wouldn't want to be pelted with stones so heavily for my mischievous little 'fart', I really didn't say a single bad word. So let's live in friendship," the blogger concludes.

In the comments, people point out that in six and a half minutes of video, the Russian woman still did not apologize:

"And this is called 'sorry, I was wrong'?"

"Just 'sorry' would be enough."

"How hard it is for her to apologize."

Much fewer are those who still believed Evelin's explanations. But even such comments gather hundreds, or even thousands of likes:

"Why are you all offended? Where did you see insult there?"

"Why is everyone crying in the comments, she's not saying anything offensive."

"People got so offended, trash."

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