Russian blogger Arina Savastru, a 19-year-old social media content creator currently living in the United States, has announced that she is expecting her second child.
Savastru shared the news during a joint stage performance alongside Russian rapper Instasamka in Dubai, a major city located on the Persian Gulf in the United Arab Emirates. During the concert, the blogger displayed a positive pregnancy test to the audience before publishing a video recording of the stage announcement on the video-sharing platform TikTok.
According to Savastru, she only learned that she was expecting a baby two days prior to flying to the United Arab Emirates for the scheduled event. She performed on stage alongside Instasamka, whose real name is Darya Eropkina, a high-profile Russian hip-hop artist and social media personality.
First child and custody dispute
The upcoming birth marks the second time Savastru will become a mother. The online creator previously gave birth to her first child, a son named Damon, at the age of 17.
The father of her eldest child is an American man named Jordan, with whom the blogger subsequently ended her relationship. In July, reports confirmed that Jordan had abducted the young boy. Savastru successfully managed to recover her son following the incident and formally secured full legal custody rights over him.
Social media presence and context
Savastru reaches her audience primarily through TikTok, an international short-form video service owned by the Beijing-headquartered technology company ByteDance. The platform allows content creators to publish short clips that frequently reach millions of viewers worldwide. Her co-performer, Instasamka, is one of the most prominent female hip-hop artists in the Russian music industry, recognized for viral rap tracks and commercial releases.
Savastru is among several high-profile Russian social media figures to reveal a pregnancy recently. Russian TikTok creator Nastya Ryzhik, whose real name is Anastasia Balashova, also announced that she will become a mother after publishing a video clip displaying a positive pregnancy test result to her online subscribers.
