Belarus has passed a harsh sentence on comedian Komisarenko, who joked about Lukashenko and was hiding in Ukraine

Belarusian stand-up comedian Slava Komisarenko, who openly joked about the illegally elected president of Belarus, Alexander Lukashenko, was sentenced to a harsh sentence in his homeland. The 39-year-old comedian was sentenced in absentia to 6 years in prison.

According to Belarusian media, his case was considered in the Minsk City Court. Komisarenka was accused of "inciting hatred", "slander" and "insulting" Lukashenka under several articles of the Criminal Code.

It is worth noting that the stand-up's problems with the Belarusian authorities began back in 2021. Back then, on one of the YouTube projects, the comedian openly criticized the illegitimate president of his country, which led to him being banned from giving concerts in Minsk.

But in 2022, Slava Komisarenko was forced to hide in Ukraine, as the KGB of Belarus put him on the wanted list. The reason was the stand-up comedian's political views and his jokes about Lukashenka. At the time, the comedian posted a video on his social media, where he ironically noted: "In ordinary countries, special services catch terrorists, but in Belarus, they catch pranksters. Because in Belarus there should be only one prankster."

It is known that Komisarenko had previously taken his parents to Russia and bought them an apartment there, as he was afraid that his relatives would be persecuted in his homeland. For a long time, the comedian believed that he could feel absolutely safe in Russia. However, when in 2021, on New Year's Eve, he received a letter from a person connected with the Belarusian protests, who informed him that the comedian was going to be kidnapped in Moscow and brought to Minsk by car, he decided to go to Kyiv.

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