Popular comedian Ruslan Bely, who escaped from Russia.* He was recognized as a foreign agent for a monologue criticizing the SVO, as well as in connection with the establishment of multiple sources of financing in 27 countries, including the European Union. This information is contained in the materials of the administrative case against the artist.
“According to information from the Federal Financial Monitoring Service (Rosfinmonitoring), received by the Ministry of Justice of Russia, Bely RV* during 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, Netherlands). Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, United Kingdom, Finland, France, Switzerland, Sweden, Estonia)”, – the documents say.
The total amount of funds received by the comedian is not indicated.
Also as a reason to introduce White.* The anti-war stand-up show “That’s All”, which is published on PLACE (a new video service for viewing content) and also available for free on Mail.ru, has been added to the register of foreign agents.
In the stand-up, the comedian directly stated that he did not support a special military operation in Ukraine and therefore left Russia.
Also, white* participated in the creation and distribution of materials to an unlimited number of people, including in media outlets recognized as a foreign agent, and performed concerts in foreign locations.
As reported EADailyWhite* was included in the register of individual foreign agents on September 1 last year. In an interview with a journalist Irina Shikhman* He said he was now living in Spain, trying to obtain citizenship.
In October 2023, the comedian attempted to challenge the new status in court, but the court refused to exclude him from the register of individual foreign agents.
In April of this year, White* Fine of 30 thousand rubles for failure to identify a foreign agent when posting on social networks.
*An individual who performs the functions of a foreign agent.
