He wanted to escape the mobilization of reservists ordered by Vladimir Putin.

Ivan Petunin, a 27-year-old Russian rapper, has unveiled a video in which he reveals that he wants to end his life so as not to go to fight.

Better known as the artist Walkie, the young man was found dead at the foot of a building in Krasnodar on Friday, reports

Liberation

.

“If you are watching this video, I am no longer alive.

I can't commit the sin of murder and I don't want to.

I am not ready to kill for any ideal.

Murdering someone, whether in war or elsewhere, is something I can't do, ”says the singer.


The Russian rapper Ivan Petunin has committed suicide.



He recorded a message to his fans about mobilization.



He said he refuses to murder another man.



He said Putin has taken all Russian men captive, leaving them with 3 choices: becoming a murderer, going to prison or suicide.

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“We have all become the prisoners of a maniac”

"I'm not ready to take responsibility for carrying a gun and killing people.

Forgive me, my loved ones, but sometimes you have to die for your principles.

And anyway, my final decision is how I'm going to die.

Whether killed by people we attacked, and go down in history as someone who supported what is happening or expressing their last protest,” he explains.

And to conclude: “We have all become prisoners of a maniac, who gives us the choice between prison, the army and the choice I made.

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According to the

Daily Mail

, the young man had served in the Russian army before.

He should therefore have been one of the 300,000 reservists mobilized.

Since Vladimir Putin's announcement on Wednesday, September 21, many Russians have been trying, by all means, to escape conscription.

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