Stand-up comedy is booming in President Vladimir Putin's Russia but comics have to tread a fine line with their jokes where ...

"I hope no one ever finds themselves in the same situation of brutal legal abuse that I did," Artemy Ostaninsaid in his final statement in court.

The comedian, Artemy Ostanin, was convicted of “inciting hatred” by making a joke during a stand-up routine in March. By Pranav Baskar and Alina Lobzina A Russian comedian was sentenced in Moscow on ...

Stephen Colbert made an appearance on Russian TV, where he appeared to jokingly mull a presidential run. In a video released Friday, Colbert appeared on “Evening Urgant,” a late-night style talk show ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Russian comedian Artemy Ostanin stands behind a glass wall in an enclosure for defendants during a court hearing after his March ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Off color jokes, interpreted as criticism of Russia's war against Ukraine, along with others that offended the religious feelings ...

In January 2017, the CIA released a large number of newly-declassified documents about information collected on the Soviet Union. One of those documents included two pages of Russian jokes about the ...

Artemy Ostanin convicted of inciting hatred, fined 300,000 roubles Joke about Russian war veteran sparked outrage among nationalists, military bloggers Ostanin also convicted for offending Christians ...