Tried to escape from Russia: a comedian who joked about a "skater without legs" was detained

Stand-up comedian Artemy Ostanin, against whom a criminal case has been opened under the article on incitement of hatred and humiliation of human dignity, was detained while trying to cross the border of the Russian Federation. This was reported by the press service of the Investigative Committee of Russia in the telegram channel.

"He has been delivered to Moscow. In the near future, investigators of the metropolitan The UK will begin his interrogation, " the report says.

Where exactly Ostanin was detained, the press service does not specify.

As EADaily reported, Ostanin previously participated in a show where he told a story about how a disabled person ran over him in the subway. He talked about how he was almost knocked down in the subway by a "stump wagon" driven by a "skater without legs." The comedian advised the disabled person "not to drive so hard," and one of the women in the subway called him a "boor."

Patriotic public organizations, telegram channels and The media considered that we are talking about a fighter of a special military operation.

In March, a video recording of the comedian's performance was published by several telegram channels, expressing outrage, and the head of the Federal Project on Security and Anti-Corruption (FPBC) Vitaly Borodin, calling for a criminal case.

The public organization "Call of the People" appealed to the head of the Investigative Committee of Russia, Alexander Bastrykin, with a request to "conduct a thorough check of the circumstances and give a legal assessment of Ostanin's actions." The head of the organization, Sergei Zaitsev, called the comedian a "vile blasphemer," and his joke was a mockery of "a hero who gave his health for our country so that people like him could live in peace."

A criminal case was opened against Ostanin under paragraph "a" of part 2 of Article 282 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (incitement of hatred or enmity, as well as humiliation of human dignity).

Ostanin himself explained that he was joking about a "beggar" in the subway who has been riding "without legs on a skateboard for 20 years."

"There is not a word about SMO in the joke and there is no talk about it even close, the rest is fiction of bloggers and, surprisingly, the federal media," the comedian explained.