The court sentenced comedian Ostanin to 5 years and 9 months in a penal colony for making a joke about a disabled person.

The Moscow Meshchansky Court found Artemy Ostanin guilty of violating the right to freedom of conscience and religion and inciting hatred or enmity (listed as a terrorist and extremist by Rosfinmonitoring), and sentenced him to 5 years and 9 months in a general regime penal colony. This was reported on February 4 by a correspondent of Izvestia from the courtroom.

In addition, Ostanin must also pay a fine of 300 thousand rubles.

During the debate between the parties, the prosecutor's office asked for a sentence of 5 years and 11 months in a general regime penal colony, with a fine of 300 thousand rubles.

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