Artist Artemy Ostanin, who performs in the stand-up genre, has been sentenced to five years and nine months in a penal colony due to his jokes addressing the topic of disability and the figure of Jesus.

The Meshchansky District Court of Moscow has sentenced stand-up comedian Artemy Ostanin to five years and nine months in a penal colony. The basis for such a strict sentence was his jokes involving the image of a legless man and Jesus. This information is reported by a correspondent of the publication "Mediazona."