The comedy circuit in Russia is the latest target of the Kremlin’s crackdown with suspected FSB agents looking for political satire.
One skit addresses the city’s shortage of public toilets. The fictional character Nalivkin orders up rickety wooden latrines with no internal walls to be installed on every street.
“For us, stand-up became the embodiment of new sincerity,” said comedian Sietlov. “You could talk about sex, you can talk about religion, your parents, about very personal topics that may have been taboo before.”At comedy clubs, humorless plainclothes men have begun filming shows on their cellphones.
“You just feel the presence, that vague, dark presence. Who it is and why they do it is not clear,” he added. “But just in case, watch your mouth.” Last month, a prankster from St. Petersburg, Kirill Smorodin, taped up a joke portrait of himself in 19th-century military uniform in the Hermitage Museum during an October exhibition on the 1812 Napoleonic War. He then posted photos online.
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