Comedian Kostya Pushkin said about leaving the country during his solo stand-up concert: “It’s all a joke.” Recording performance published on YouTube.
Pushkin joked that audiences came to him because other stand-up comedians were leaving Russia.
“In this case, I am ready to protect you. “I will not leave the country,” he assured.
The other day, Belarusian stand-up comedian Slava Komissarenko acceptedthat because of his appearance, the US public perceived him as a tougher person than the Russian public.
“I liked it in America because it was unclear how they reacted to me. I spoke English there. I got used to the fact that when I do stand-up in Russian, I look like a good guy, not a tough guy. And to them I look like a huge Russian Boris,” Komissarenko said.
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