Father defends using tiny daughter in dangerous stunts: he wants her to 'fear nothing', like him

The Siberian father labelled 'sick' on the web denied to state investigators that he put his little daughter at risk, instead saying he wants her to grow up to be 'like him' and to 'fear nothing'.

He also lied that the images showed him with a doll before confessing he posed with his elder daughter. 

Pictures and video of Afanasyev - earlier named Roman R - caused shock as he drove his daughter then aged less than one year old at high speed in his BMW - holding her out of the window. This was entitled 'no seat'.

He also posed for a social media picture on an apartment block high rise rooftop dangling the child by one leg over the edge. He called this: 'Look at this world from a different angle.'

It was revealed today that he has two children - his unnamed eldest daughter, used as his stunt accessory, was born in 2015. The pictures were made last year but only just uploaded. 

'Initially he said it was an interactive doll, but under the weight of evidence confessed to the deed,' revealed Olga Shimanskaya, spokeswoman for the Investigative Committee. 

'He did not explain his actions, but only stated that he controlled everything and did not put the child at risk. 

'The man and his wife (Kristina) are raising two daughters - the eldest, with whom he was photographed, has already turned two.

'The pictures were taken in 2016. The youngest daughter was born in 2017.'

The amateur stuntman father does not work oficially but the family is said to 'live in prosperity' in Zelenogorsk, Krasnoyarsk region.

A decision is being made on whether to open a criminal case against Afanasyev for putting the baby's life at risk. If convicted, he could face up to three years in jail.

Asked to comment, the man labelled an 'idiot father' asked journalists for 20,000 roubles ($330) before speaking. 

A friend Nikita Abashev told KP: 'He just wants to raise his children so they will be like him.

'So from childhood, he teaches them to fear nothing.'

Afanasyev is evidently fond of extreme stunts. 

In other images he hangs on a rope between the banks of a river, climbs on road signs, and hangs in the air, holding on to a balcony railing. 

He was condemned on social media.

One called him 'sick', another said he was an 'insane fool'. 'He does not give a damn, it's clear,' said a further comment.