Asked by the judge on Wednesday whether he understood his sentence, Ostanin said: “To hell with your judicial practice. No, I don’t.”
What a chad.
Anyone know what Chad equates to in Russia? Vlad?
Vlad is so common that it’s more like “John.”
Sorok Sorokov, a powerful Orthodox nationalist group, said many Russians had not understood that times had changed and that the state should tighten its control over such performances to stem what it called a general decline in moral values.
“In recent years, comedians have often crossed red lines and made jokes about topics that are taboo in any normal society,” said Georgy Soldatov, director of the group’s human rights centre.
“Human rights center”
Ostanin was also convicted of offending the feelings of Christians with another off-colour joke he made about Jesus, which angered Orthodox nationalists.
This is arguably the greater crime. Fuck off religious people, keep that shit to yourself and don’t bother others about it.
Asked by the judge on Wednesday whether he understood his sentence, Ostanin said: “To hell with your judicial practice. No, I don’t.”
This guy is a fucking badass. What a terrible shame. Hope he comes out on the other side in one piece.
In Putins Russia joke is crime and crime is joke.
One of the very first targets of Putin, while realizing his power, was a kids show that portrayed Putin himself as a not-so-smart villain. The comical character they made for Putin apparently caused Putin quite some distress.
The show was Kukly.
The egos of tinpot dictators are more fragile than porcelain. Remember that Xi had to ban a cartoon bear.
These fuckwads are pathetic.
Trump has his constant fight with the talk show comedians.
This type of justice is coming to a United States near you!
I’ve seen this one. It’s great. At the same time as a revolution is fomenting he gets out of prison and gets elected president. It’s a classic.
Prisons full of comedians keep parliaments full of criminals
Plot twist: For IPR theft. Because jokes about the russian military write themselves.
Yep, definitely “the good guys”.
Taking notes America?
This is your path unless you wake the fuck up.
Even though Russia pretends it isn’t, it is a country at war. Censorship is pretty normal during wartime.
And making fun of disabled people isn’t okay. Whether the country is at war or not. Maybe not quite not-okay enough for prison. But I can’t say that I’m terribly upset
Bootlicker
Russia does a lot of terrible things. Invading countries. Killing POWs and civilians.
Domestically they have assassinated opposition leaders, tortured prisoners to death and persecuted members of the LGBT+ community.
But criminalizing being an asshole? I don’t really care that much.
