{"id":130670,"date":"2025-03-19T15:28:47","date_gmt":"2025-03-19T12:28:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/130670\/"},"modified":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","slug":"russian-comedian-injured-during-arrest-in-belarus-lawyer","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/130670\/","title":{"rendered":"Russian comedian injured during arrest in Belarus \u2013 lawyer\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"block-image block-image-normal\">\n\n  <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/komik_mash.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/komik_mash.jpg 960w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/komik_mash-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/komik_mash-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/komik_mash-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/komik_mash-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/>\n  <figcaption>\n  \n       <div class=\"block-image__author\">\n                <span>(Moscow City Court press office\/Mash)<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n     <\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>March 19, <em>Pozirk<\/em>. <\/strong>Belarusian security officers broke ribs and spine as they arrested Artemiy Ostanin yesterday at the Belarusian-Russian border, the Russian standup comedian\u2019s lawyer said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After Belarus handed over the man to Russia, the Moscow City Court ruled to place him under arrest for two months pending trial on charges of inciting hatred for joking about Russian soldiers who attacked Ukraine, Russia\u2019s <em>Mash <\/em>reported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A Russian conservative group denounced the comedian&#8217;s comment about a beggar with a disability who blew himself up on a landmine, yet Ostanin denied this interpretation. The show took place four days ago in Moscow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In February 2022, Russia started a full-scale war against Ukraine. Authorities in Minsk allowed Russian troops to attack Ukraine from Belarus on multiple occasions and have persecuted Belarusians for antiwar positions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"insert-block\">\n\n    <div class=\"insert-block__img\">\n        <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"354\" height=\"236\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pozirk_color_blank_1128x752-354x236.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pozirk_color_blank_1128x752-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pozirk_color_blank_1128x752-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pozirk_color_blank_1128x752-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pozirk_color_blank_1128x752-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pozirk_color_blank_1128x752.jpg 1128w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 354px) 100vw, 354px\" \/>                        <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> Politics<\/label>\n\n                <\/div>\n    <div class=\"insert-block__text\">\n                    <label class=\"insert-block__tag\">Politics<\/label>\n                <h3 class=\"insert-block__title\">Reprisals: Russian artist arrested and deported over anti-war position<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">Briefly: Jailed politician, 11 others on KGB terrorist register Information ministry blacklists content by youth initiative, media project as extremist Hrodna man convicted of insulting \u0141uka\u0161enka commits suicide Exiled journalist accused of facilitating extremism March 19, Pozirk. New cases of &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/130616\">\n            <button class=\"btn\">\n                <div class='btn__text'>Read the article<\/div>\n            <\/button>\n        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>March 19, Pozirk. Belarusian security officers broke ribs and spine as they arrested Artemiy Ostanin yesterday at the Belarusian-Russian border, the Russian standup comedian\u2019s lawyer said. After Belarus handed over the man to Russia, the Moscow City Court ruled to place him under arrest for two months pending trial on charges of inciting hatred for [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":83,"featured_media":130663,"template":"","rubric":[15],"class_list":["post-130670","articles","type-articles","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","rubric-society"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Russian comedian injured during arrest in Belarus \u2013 lawyer\u00a0 | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"March 19, Pozirk. 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