Former director and director of Yeralash, Ilya Belostotsky, was sentenced in Moscow to 14 years in a strict regime colony for pedophilia, the Moscow prosecutor's office said .

In 2020, Belostotsky was detained on suspicion of pedophilia. After the accusation, his relatives stated that he was seriously ill. In October, his house was searched, during which pornographic materials involving minors were found.