[1] Deputies, patriotic organizations, and war correspondents demanded that the party be investigated for LGBT propaganda, drugs, and extremism, and also called for a boycott of the people present at the event.

[11] According to publications by The Independent, The Guardian and The Washington Post, the party took place during the Russian leadership's efforts in recent years to strengthen conservative social policies in Russia.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has actively supported social conservatism, calling for families to have more children and introducing strict sanctions against the LGBT movement.

The scandal became one of the indicators of changes in Russian society, which reflect the strengthening of the conservative trend, the condemnation of liberal values, and growing nationalism in the context of the invasion of Ukraine.

[18] Among the guests of the party were Ksenia Sobchak, Philipp Kirkorov, Dima Bilan, GeeGun, Alyona Vodonayeva [ru], Lolita Milyavskaya, Anna Asti, and Sasha Spilberg.

[36][37] According to Meduza, Kirkorov, Milyavskaya, Glyukoza, Bilan, and Anna Asti were included in the list of 50 banned musicians compiled by the Russian authorities along with artists who did not support the war.

[40] Faced with mass criticism, on 24 December, Ivleeva released a public apology for the event and promised to donate all the proceeds to charity.

[42] The telecommunications company MTS[14] and Tinkoff Bank broke their contracts with Ivleeva, and a class action lawsuit was filed against her for 1 billion rubles (with the money to go to veterans of the invasion of Ukraine).

[47] On 2 May 2024, Ivleeva reported that she visited the Russian-occupied territories of Ukraine, including the destroyed Mariupol, which is "actively being restored" and "listened to the war" on the contact line.

[51][52] Rapper Vacío (real name Nikolai Vasiliev), who came to the event with a sock on his genitals, received 15 days of arrest and a fine of 200,000 rubles and apologized on camera.

According to a number of media reports, citing member of the Public Monitoring Committee Alexey Lobarev, after serving 15 days of imprisonment, the rapper was given a summons to the military registration and enlistment office for 9 January.

[61] As noted in the media, Maxim Tesli appeared in public in a similar form back in 2017, and a number of foreign performers even earlier.

[5] On 8 January, on his Telegram channel Primadonna, Kirkorov announced that he would donate his fee for participating in The Masked Singer to residents of Belgorod who suffered as a result of the bombing.

At the beginning of January 2024, the Russian Authors' Society filed a lawsuit against Kirkorov, demanding to recover 2 million rubles from him "for the use of artistic works belonging to the organization."

[68][69] On 29 December, it was revealed that against Art Center LLC, which managed the club, at the request of the Federal Service for the Oversight of Consumer Protection and Welfare, a case was opened for an administrative offense under Article 6.6 of the Code of Administrative Offenses of the Russian Federation (violation of sanitary and epidemiological requirements for organizing catering for the population in specially equipped places).

[71] It is alleged that the reason for the closure was the presence in the club of a patient with an infectious disease (his identity was established by a cash receipt for beer purchased with a bank card).

[72] BBC News suggested that the criticism reflected a need for the Russian ruling class to generate scapegoats in the face of poor progress towards Russia's war aims in Ukraine.

"[20] Pjotr Sauer writing in The Guardian described it as "one of the starkest examples to date of how Vladimir Putin is moving the country in a conservative and anti-liberal direction.

"[15] According to Novaya Gazeta, "cancel culture" is used instrumentally in Russia and comes not from society, but from the state, which makes it possible to enrich the repressive arsenal while maintaining a "decent appearance.

Political analysts speculate that the Russian government used the scandal surrounding the party to divert public attention from important domestic and foreign issues, such as the invasion of Ukraine, the sinking of the landing ship Novocherkassk at Feodosia, rising food prices, and economic problems.

[75] Film director Karen Shakhnazarov evaluated the party, taking into account changes in Russia that have affected politics, economics, and culture: "Such events took place for decades almost every Friday, and no one paid attention to it.