Russian soldier Alexander Lunin published a video address to Vladimir Putin on Instagram on June 25, threatening a military mutiny if he was not allowed to meet with the Russian president on live television to tell him “the whole truth about what is happening in our country right now.” Lunin said he recorded the video because “representatives of high-ranking officials from the Defense Ministry and security services” had met with him and decided to use him to relay a message to the president. He claimed they approached him because Putin had allegedly seen an earlier address he had recorded in June. In the new video, he said thousands of soldiers were being held in pits and tortured “for refusing to carry out stupid, suicidal orders” and for refusing to hand over money to their commanders. Lunin warned that if he was not granted a meeting with Putin at the Kremlin on live television, “the consequences will be very serious” and “the army will turn its weapons against the Kremlin.” In less than a day, the video was viewed nearly 11 million times. Here is what is known about Alexander Lunin.