Buterin to Chief of Russian Media Giant: “Go F*ck Yourself”

Ethereum creator and Russian citizen Vitalik Buterin continued his Twitter protests against the Russian invasion of Ukraine. This time, he threw expletives at Margarita Simonyan, Editor-in-Chief of Russia Today (RT).

The tweet, which was written in Russian, said “If you are ashamed now that you are Russian [amid the current events related to the Russia-Ukraine conflict], don’t worry – you are not [Russian].”

Buterin replied to Simonyan’s tweet with “go f*ck yourself” in Russian. This reply generated almost 50,000 likes at the time of writing. Many in the crypto community, including David Gokhshtein of Gokhshtein Media, took note of Buterin’s response.

To understand the gravity of Buterin’s reply, Simonyan founded and currently leads the operation of RT, which is one of Russia’s largest state-sponsored media organizations. Yesterday, the European Union banned RT alongside Sputnik, another state-sponsored media.

People considered Buterin’s expressions on social media as brazen, given Russia’s reputation as a country with a tight grip on media. In fact, social media posts of people expressing dissent – especially those who are related to high-ranking officials – have been taken down.

Earlier, Buterin made headlines when he said that “Ethereum is neutral but I am not”. This was posted after Russia made its first military assault on Ukraine.

Meanwhile, Ethereum’s price dipped anew as continued tensions in Europe caused market uncertainty. In the last 24 hours, ether price dipped to as low as $2,596 from $2,837, according to CoinGecko.