MOSCOW, February 19. Singer MakSim (Marina Abrosimova) responded on her Instagram page* to accusations of cruelty to animals after the singer’s recent photo shoot with a bear. 
Earlier, Abrosimova shared photographs taken in a snowy forest. The star’s “partner” in filming was a large brown bear named Styopa.
As the singer of the hits “Do You Know” and “Tender Age” admitted, she met the beast back in 2018 on the set of the video “My Secrets”, and recently “met” with him again, capturing the meeting in the pictures.
However, not everyone appreciated the result of MakSim and Styopa. In the comments, many condemned the singer for cruelty to the bear, noting that it had no teeth. Users felt that the animal had been pulled out. 
““It’s a pity for bears whose teeth are removed for the sake of such photos,” “The photos are gorgeous, but tooth removal is too much,” “Poor bear, they lost their teeth,” subscribers wrote.
On it was the artist who replied that the bear’s teeth were not removed. They fell out for natural reasons, since Styopa is already old.
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"No one pulled out anything for Styopa. He is a family favorite and is treated with reverence. The bear is very old. By our standards, he is 90 years old, his teeth (meaning his teeth — Ed.) have fallen out,” MakSim answered one of the users.
The performer’s explanation convinced some subscribers, and they thanked her for answer.
* The activities of Meta (social networks Facebook and Instagram) are prohibited in Russia as extremist.