{"id":63743,"date":"2026-02-04T20:44:55","date_gmt":"2026-02-04T20:44:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/stand-up-comedian-gets-nearly-6-years-in-russian-prison-over-joke-about-war-veteran\/"},"modified":"2026-02-04T20:44:55","modified_gmt":"2026-02-04T20:44:55","slug":"stand-up-comedian-gets-nearly-6-years-in-russian-prison-over-joke-about-war-veteran","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/stand-up-comedian-gets-nearly-6-years-in-russian-prison-over-joke-about-war-veteran\/","title":{"rendered":"Stand-up comedian gets nearly 6 years in Russian prison over joke about war veteran"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>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 question the war in Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p>Moscow-based Artemy Ostanin told a story on stage last year about bumping into a disabled ex-soldier on the metro, who he called a &#8220;legless skater.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Pro-Kremlin figures and media outlets spread a clip of the joke online, calling for the comic to be punished for insulting Russian soldiers wounded in the <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/ukraine-crisis\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">war in Ukraine<\/a><\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>A Moscow court also found Ostanin guilty of inciting hatred and insulting religious feelings over a separate joke about religion.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The final sentence for Ostanin is imprisonment for five years and nine months in a general regime penal colony,&#8221; judge Olesya Mendeleyeva was quoted as saying by Russian state news agency RIA Novosti.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"component list recirculation component--type-recirculation inject-freepress \">\n<\/aside>\n<p>Ostanin, 29, denied that the joke alluded to veterans of the &#8220;special military operation&#8221; \u2014 Moscow&#8217;s term for the war in Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I hope no one ever finds themselves in the same situation of brutal legal abuse that I did,&#8221; he said in his final statement in court, according to Russia&#8217;s independent SOTA media outlet.<\/p>\n<p>The judge who handed down Ostanin&#8217;s sentence was sanctioned by the <a href=\"https:\/\/home.treasury.gov\/news\/press-releases\/jy2765\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">United States Treasury in December 2024<\/a> for her role in what the department called &#8220;the arbitrary detention&#8221; of Moscow city councilor <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/russia-ukraine-war-sasha-skochilenko-protest\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Alexei Gorinov<\/a><\/span>\u00a0for voicing his opposition to the war against Ukraine.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\">\n<p>      <span class=\"img embed__content\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/02\/04\/22710a96-4f10-4c03-86fd-12afb987e28e\/thumbnail\/620x438\/f1d7bb29c600e1d84c2010f588bd05fc\/2026-02-04t125200z-743686529-rc20fjajyvhd-rtrmadp-3-ukraine-crisis-russia-comedian.jpg#\" alt=\"Russian comedian Ostanin accused of mocking war invalids appears in Moscow court \" height=\"438\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/02\/04\/22710a96-4f10-4c03-86fd-12afb987e28e\/thumbnail\/620x438\/f1d7bb29c600e1d84c2010f588bd05fc\/2026-02-04t125200z-743686529-rc20fjajyvhd-rtrmadp-3-ukraine-crisis-russia-comedian.jpg 1x, https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/02\/04\/22710a96-4f10-4c03-86fd-12afb987e28e\/thumbnail\/1240x876\/f383e473cf0bf33829db405de8912a5a\/2026-02-04t125200z-743686529-rc20fjajyvhd-rtrmadp-3-ukraine-crisis-russia-comedian.jpg 2x\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\">\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__caption\">Russian comedian Artemy Ostanin reacts behind a glass wall in an enclosure for defendants during a court hearing after his March 2025 arrest over a stand\u2011up performance, in Moscow, Russia, February 4, 2026.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                Anastasia Barashkova \/ REUTERS<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>After Ostanin&#8217;s arrest last year, he was added to Moscow&#8217;s list of terrorists and extremists, labels routinely used by Russia to <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/russia-ukraine-news-war-journalists-prison-sentences\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">stifle dissent and target opponents<\/a><\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>Russia has massively ramped up a campaign of silencing critics since launching its offensive on Ukraine in 2022. <\/p>\n<p>Last November, a Russian court <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/russia-teen-street-musician-jailed-third-time-over-anti-war-songs\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">sentenced Diana Loginova<\/a><\/span>, an 18-year-old street musician who performed anti-war songs, to jail for a third time.<\/p>\n<p>In 2024, a doctor accused of criticizing the war in Ukraine in front of a patient was convicted of spreading false information about the Russian military and <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/doctor-russia-war-criticism-convicted-sentenced-prison\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">sentenced to 5 1\/2 years in prison<\/a><\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>In November 2023, Russia placed Ukrainian singer Susana Jamaladinova on its wanted list for similar alleged crimes. 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