EADaily, June 24th, 2026. Russian actor, comedian, TV presenter and blogger Dmitry Zhuravlev during the filming of a reality ...

Caution: This text contains obscene language. Russian comedian Semyon Slepakov has released a musical parody, “A Little War,” set to the tune of Natasha Korolyova’s hit “A Little Country.” In the new ...

A Russian comedian has been arrested while trying to leave the country after he was publicly denounced for allegedly mocking ...

Watched more than 1.3 million times since it was posted by Russian comedy group “Plyushki” to YouTube last month, the video comes with a disclaimer. “Some of the jokes are based on wordplay and do not ...

A Russian stand-up comedian was sent to a penal colony for almost six years Wednesday for a joke about a war veteran who lost his legs, the latest conviction in a sweeping crackdown on those who ...

Russian comedian and TV presenter Maksim Galkin, who has been vocal in his criticism of the Kremlin's war in Ukraine, says Kazakh authorities have been blocking his plans to try and hold concerts in ...

A member of Russia’s Presidential Council for Human Rights shared her outrage on Thursday over the arrest and beating of a Russian comedian in Belarus, and urged Russia’s authorities to protect the ...

An online campaign has been launched in Kazakhstan calling for the cancellation of shows by Azamat Musagaliyev, a prominent Russian comedian of Kazakh origin, over his recent performance in Ukraine's ...

Exiled Russian journalist Vladimir Raevsky says laughter can be a weapon against authoritarianism. NPR's Michele Kelemen reports on his history-inspired comedy act.