Stand-up against SMO and money from 27 countries: As a runaway from Russian comedian became a foreign agent

Escaped from In Russia, the popular comedian Ruslan Bely ❶ was recognized as a foreign agent for stand-up with criticism of SMO, as well as in connection with the establishment of many sources of funding in 27 countries, including the European Union. This information is contained in the materials of the administrative case against the artist.

"According to the Federal Financial Monitoring Service (Rosfinmonitoring), received by the Ministry of Justice of Russia, Bely R.V.❶ for the period from March to April 2023 received funds from unidentified persons (payer country — Austria, Azerbaijan, Armenia, Belgium, Bulgaria, Germany, Greece, Georgia, Denmark, Ireland, Spain, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, the United Kingdom, Finland, France, Switzerland, Sweden, Estonia)," the documents say.

The total amount of funds received by the comedian is not specified.

Also, the anti-war stand-up program "That's all", which is posted on PLACE (a new video service for viewing content), and is also freely available on Mail.ru .

In the stand-up, the comedian directly stated that he did not support a special military operation on Ukraine and therefore left from Russia.

In addition, Bely❶ participated in the creation and distribution of materials for an unlimited number of people, including in the media recognized as a foreign agent, and held concerts at foreign venues.

As reported by EADaily, White ❶ was entered into the register of natural persons-foreign agents on September 1 last year. In an interview with journalist Irina Shikhman❶, he said that he now lives in Spain, trying to obtain citizenship.

In October 2023, the comedian tried to challenge the new status in court, but the court refused to exclude the comedian from the register of natural persons-foreign agents.

In April of this year, Bely❶ was fined 30 thousand rubles for the lack of marking of a foreign agent when posting on social networks.

❶An individual performing the functions of a foreign agent