MOSCOW — At a bar in downtown Moscow, a stone’s throw from the Kremlin, the comedian stepped out into the purple lights and picked up the microphone. A modest crowd had gathered to drink beers, to ...

Nezlobin moved with his wife and daughter to Los Angeles after falling foul of the Putin regime for supporting LGBTQ+ rights ...

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 ...

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 ...

PRISTINA, Kosovo (AP) — The office of Kosovo’s prime minister acknowledged Wednesday that Albin Kurti fell prey to a prank call from Russian comedians last month. On Feb. 11, two days after Kosovo’s ...

There's a well-known Russian fairy tale about a princess who never smiled. A Russian journalist now living in exile has come up with a comedy routine that plays on this theme. It's called the realm ...

Hosted and organized by Elena Amirkhanian (Sacramento) -- political émigré, comedian, and activist. This show is a space for Russian-speaking comedians to perform in front of a live audience, test out ...

March 18 (Reuters) - A Russian comedian has been arrested while trying to leave the country after he was publicly denounced for allegedly mocking war invalids. In a clip from a stand-up performance ...

MOSCOW, Feb 4 (Reuters) - A Russian stand-up comedian was convicted of inciting hatred and jailed for nearly six years on Wednesday over a joke he made about a legless war veteran, ‌which triggered ...