 Solovyov was challenged to a duel..In July 2019 the Anti-Corruption Foundation (FBK) found that Solovyov has an Italian permanent residency..The day after the founder of the Anti-Corruption Foundation, Alexei Navalny, was arrested..

On September 28 2019, Boris Grebenshchikov uploaded the song "Evening M" on his YouTube channel, which described a typical television propagandist.