Video: Russian Cat Achieves Over 22 Million Views

The cat "Persik" from the Khabarovsk region of Russia became one of the most popular online videos last year, according to the show "You Watched the Video" on the First Russian Channel. The cat and its owner received the award "Life Without Cats is Meaningless," recognizing it as the most famous cat on the internet for the past year. The video garnered over 22 million views on the TikTok app, featuring the cat playing with an empty bowl while ignoring its owner's requests to stop, which increased its followers by 10,000. Singer Irina Ortman, who presented the award, asked Persik's owner, Yulia Sharinina, about the cat's apparent displeasure: "It seems he is upset because the bowl is empty." Sharinina responded, "The cat is not starving; he eats well. This bowl is only used for play; he taps it with his paw just for fun."