A social media influencer has sparked outrage by chartering a helicopter to visit the world’s 'loneliest hermit' - potentially putting her at risk of coronavirus.
Agafya Lykova, 76, lives as if she was an 18th century peasant in the Siberian wilderness, 150 miles from the nearest small town.
A Russian icon, she is the last survivor of a family who in 1936 fled into the forest where she was born, to avoid religious persecution under Stalin.
They remained undetected by the Soviet authorities for more than 40 years until their remote homestead - where Agafya still lives - was spotted from the air by Soviet geologists.