Russian comedian Semyon Slepakov faces complaint that carries jail term of up to five years after writing a satirical song that criticises Kremlin’s decision to go to war with Ukraine
An organisation said on Thursday it had referred Slepakov's song to state prosecutors to check if it flouted a law which carries jail terms of up to five years.
An organisation called The Foundation for the Protection of National Historical Heritage told the TASS state news agency on Thursday it had referred the song to state prosecutors to check if it flouted a law which carries jail terms of up to five years for discrediting the armed forces. In the song, which includes the line "there's nothing better than death in battle", the mother figure representing Russia tells her three-year old son she regrets he is too young to fight, calls her middle son a traitor for becoming an IT worker in Europe, and lionises her eldest son for dying in Ukraine.
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