Indonesia's Bali to deport Russian couple for nude photos on sacred tree

Russia's Alina Fazleeva (centre) and her husband Amdrei Fazleev (left) attend a press conference in Denpasar, on the Indonesian resort island of Bali on Friday, May 6, 2022, as they face deportation for taking nude photos on a sacred tree. - AFP

DENPASAR (Indonesia), May 6, 2022 (AFP): A Russian influencer and her husband will be deported from Bali after staging a nude photo shoot on a sacred tree in violation of local culture, officials on the Indonesian holiday island said Friday.

Alina Fazleeva, who has thousands of followers on Instagram, posed naked on a 700-year-old banyan tree at a temple in Tabanan district.