Komikov Dolgopolov and Oganysyan will be checked by the Investigative Committee

The head of the Investigative Committee of Russia, Alexander Bastrykin, instructed to check the comedians Alexander Dolgopolov and Garik Oganysyan, who parodied the murder of the pro-Kremlin military blogger Vladlen Tatarsky (real name Maksym Fomin) during their performances. Earlier, State Duma deputy Yana Lantratova complained about comedians.

Speaking in Berlin, Dolgopolov brought a statuette in a package to the stage and handed it to Oganysyan. He put her next to him. Lantratova sent a request to Bastrykina that the Investigative Committee “give a legal assessment of the actions of stand-up comedians” and “take appropriate measures of response.”

Ekaterina Myzulyna, director of the Safe Internet League, also reacted to the comedians’ performance. She promised to contact the Prosecutor General’s Office to check the actions of Dolgopolov and Oganysyan.

• An explosion in a cafe in the center of St. Petersburg occurred on April 2 around 7 p.m. A creative evening of the pro-Kremlin military blogger Vladlen Tatarsky was held there. According to the testimony of eyewitnesses, one of the listeners, introducing herself as an artist, presented Tatarsky with a plaster statuette, allegedly of her own making. Soon the statuette exploded. Vladlen Tatarsky died on the spot, more than 30 listeners were injured. Daria Trepova was detained on suspicion of committing a crime.
• Vladlen Tatarsky supported Russia’s war in Ukraine. In the past, he fought as part of the detachments of pro-Russian separatists in the Donbass. Ukrainian mass media call him a Kremlin propagandist. Tatarsky ran a Telegram channel with more than 500,000 subscribers. Russian mass media write that approximately 100 people attended the creative dinner on April 2. Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree awarding Maxim Fomin with the Order of Courage posthumously.