It became known about the start of the court proceedings at the end of December. The case materials indicate that on October 22, a video appeared in one of the Telegram channels, where Bivol, using insults and profanity, expresses negative opinions about individuals united by ethnic and linguistic characteristics, specifically Kyrgyz and Kazakh people.
Earlier, at the end of October, the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Kazakhstan announced a search for Ekaterina Bivol as part of a criminal case due to the publication of a video on social media containing offensive statements towards representatives of different nationalities. The Ministry of Internal Affairs of Kyrgyzstan also initiated a preliminary investigation into this case.
