Controversial Germany-based Kenyan influencer Nyako has sparked a fresh wave of debate after coming out in fierce defense of the women featured in the viral “Russian Predator” sex tapes.
In a video shared on Sunday, February 15, 2026, the self-proclaimed TikTok President addressed the nationwide outrage surrounding Yaytseslav Trahov, a Russian tourist accused of using high-tech smart glasses to secretly record and sell intimate videos of dozens of Kenyan women.
Rather than condemning the predator, Nyako turned her focus toward the public’s reaction, insisting she cannot judge the women for using what they have to escape economic hardship.
Nyako’s defense is rooted in her own lived experience. The influencer has been remarkably candid about her own past as a “streetwalker” in Kenya before finding a new life in Europe.
“I was in Hurlingham when a certain white guy I was with dropped me at Mad House… I was a cheap street walker, I would charge 1,000 or 1,500 bob,” Nyako previously confessed in a raw interview.
Drawing from that history, she argued that the women caught in the Trahov scandal—ranging from supermarket employees to mothers—were acting out of a desire for a better future.
“So, for all the women who met and hooked up with the viral Russian guy, I want to say that I cannot judge them. Those women saw their opportunity to come to Europe, and they used it with their bodies,” Nyako declared.
The most explosive part of Nyako’s rant involved her defense of married women who left their husbands behind to meet the Russian.
She claimed their desperation to land a partner who could take them overseas was a rational response to economic realities.
“I will defend all those women myself because I understand that even some of them who are married were seeking to come to Europe,” she said.
Nyako, whose real name is Rose Atieno, has never been shy about her past as a hooker in Kenya.
The Germany-based TikToker got to Europe through a client she met while working as a prostitute in Kenya.
“Nyako came from the street, I used to be a prostitute… I cannot run away from my past because my past made me who I am today,” Nyako said in a past interview.
The TikToker, who relocated to Germany years ago and raised three children while working various jobs—including a 10-year stint in the sex trade abroad—questioned why the public was so invested in “policing” women’s bodies.
“I don’t see any problem with that. If it is not your body they used in meeting the guy, then why are you bothered?” she asked.
She further lamented that the stories circulating online were merely aimed at “shaming” women while excusing the behavior of men.
Nyako’s stance stands in stark contrast to the growing calls for Trahov’s arrest. While she focuses on “body autonomy” and the “Europe dream,” legal experts argue the real scandal is the non-consensual recording and monetization of these women on a $5-a-month Telegram channel.
