Russian satirist faces up to 8 years jail for sketch that mocks officials

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  1. In short, the gist of the case is this: four months ago a comic video was filmed in which Andrei Neretin shoots from a grenade launcher. The clip was filmed in Ussuriysk ( this is in the Primorskiy Krai, thousands of kilometres from Moscow). Of course, there was no real grenade launcher, but there were several kilos of pyrotechnics. Here is a link to the clip – https://youtu.be/DrSPsltdBHI, if anyone is interested. The Ussuriysk mayor’s office inspected the scene and found a damage of 30 thousand rubles (400 dollars), which means hooliganism ( since there is damage) and the use of explosives (pyrotechnics). Separately, it’s 15 days of arrest, but if you do both at the same time, it’s from 5 to 8 years in prison. The problem is that this is Andrei’s second offense in a few months. Earlier, he filmed a former felon in a Russian police uniform, and the actress was fined $15. I would say that the chances of getting a real sentence are quite high, it’s better to make a plea bargain and get a suspended sentence.

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