Russian comedians Alexander Dolgopolov and Garik Oganisyan at a concert in Berlin performed a parody of the terrorist attack in which war correspondent Vladlen Tatarsky (Maxim Fomin) died. Telegram channel Shot with a link to the source informed that they could face criminal charges for justifying terrorism. At the State Duma declared NEWS.RU that the actions of comedians fall under the criminal article on discrediting participants in a military operation.
According to Shot, during a concert in Berlin, Dolgopolov and Oganisyan performed a skit during which Dolgopolov “unexpectedly” gave Oganisyan a figurine, which he placed on a table next to him while laughing. “Thank you very much. Thank you very much. OK. Let him stay here,” Hovhannisyan said. The room greeted the scene with laughter and applause.
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The first deputy chairman of the State Duma’s culture committee, Alexander Sholokhov, in an interview with NEWS.RU, said that the stage performed by the comedians was “beyond human”.
“You know what’s really scary? Hall is laughing! He doesn’t boo, don’t give a well-fed face, at least don’t leave. It is useless to discuss the ethical side of the matter – it is beyond human. From the point of view of the law, this, in my opinion, certainly falls within the rules of liability for discrediting the participants of the NWO,” noted Sholokhov.
Deputy of the State Duma Dmitry Gusev promised that law enforcement “will know what they said”. However, the main punishment for comedians, in his opinion, should not be criminal terms, but “ignored” by the audience.
“They definitely need to be ignored. I think that after such jokes their artistic career will end forever,” Gusev believes.
Garik Hovhannisyan worked in the team of the program Evening Urgant, broadcast on Channel One. After the start of the military operation in Ukraine, he left Russia. Alexander Dolgopolov left Russia after the start of the military operation, openly spoke out against the actions of the Russian authorities. In September 2022, he declared himself a non-binary person, and posts began to appear on his social networks written in the feminine and in the plural.
Vladlen Tatarsky (Maxim Fomin) died on April 2 following an explosion in a cafe in St. Petersburg, where his creative party was held. More than 30 people were injured. The National Anti-Terrorism Committee said the attack was planned by Ukraine’s special services. The commission of inquiry reclassified the case of the murder of a military correspondent as an article on a terrorist attack. On April 4, Darya Trepova (Daria Trepova) was arrested in connection with the explosion in a cafe. She is accused of terrorism and trafficking in explosives, the girl faces a prison sentence of up to 20 years. According to the investigation, Trepova, “following the instructions of people acting from Ukrainian territory”, brought a figurine stuffed with explosives to a cafe in central St. Petersburg and handed it to Tatarsky.
