WATCH | DEPORTED PRANKSTER Russian prank vlogger Vitaly Zdorovetskiy was deported to Russia on January 17 after spending several months in jail over a series of viral harassment incidents that drew public outrage in the Philippines, the Bureau of Immigration (BI) said. The BI said Zdorovetskiy boarded an IrAero flight bound for Irkutsk at around 8 p.m. at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA), ending his detention following his arrest last April for harassing Filipinos in Bonifacio Globa

Vitaly Zdorovetskiy, the Russian-born YouTuber and streamer known as VitalyzdTv, was arrested in April 2025 in the Philippines after livestreaming controversial pranks in Manila that included harassing locals, public disruption, theft attempts, and other offenses like trying to take a security guard’s firearm. He spent nearly nine months detained in Philippine custody, described by some as harsh “jail hell” conditions, facing charges such as unjust vexation, alarm and scandal, and related harass