Instagram has found itself dragged into a scandal about bribery, corruption and prostitution at the highest echelons of Russian society after banning an online exposé by a leading anti-Putin politician.
The social network yanked a 25-minute "investigation" fronted by Alexei Navalny and his Progress Party after a Russian court ruled in favour of the oligarch in the video, and ordered it to be removed.
YouTube, which also hosted the video, has taken a different approach, and has yet to remove the footage from the internet.
The video itself is a lengthy dissection by Navalny of evidence which he claims is proof of bribery between rich businessmen and senior policymakers in Moscow, improbably brought to light by a Russian escort with a penchant for sharing her glamorous escapades.
Scroll down to see exactly what it's about.
Navalny's application to stand against Putin was turned down by Russian election authorities last year.
They cited a past fraud conviction as grounds for disqualification. Navalny and his allies say that the conviction was politically motivated, and used to keep him out of politics.
He continues to campaign against Putin and corruption in Russian public life — and one of his favourite methods is slick, highly-produced social media videos.
Navalny alleges that the corruption he discovered started with a gang of provocatively-dressed pro-Kremlin women sent to his party HQ as a hostile publicity stunt.
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