This was reported on the website Kontramarka.ua.

Ruslan Bely plans to tour Ukraine and start in Kyiv, where he will perform on February 27 at the October Palace. Then, from March 1, he plans to perform in Kharkiv, Dnipro, Zaporizhia, Kryvyi Rih, Odessa, Mykolayiv and finish his tour in Vinnytsia on March 8, International Women's Day.

Prior to that, the well-known stand-up comedian served in the Russian Armed Forces for five years on a contract basis, where he received the rank of captain and the medal "For Distinction in Military Service" of the third degree. After school he also graduated from the Voronezh Military Aviation Engineering University.

At one of his stands, the comedian pondered why it is impossible to joke about the occupied Crimea.

"You can't joke about Crimea, you know? It's strange because it's like ours. And you can't joke about it. You can just joke about Voronezh, and it's also ours. But you can't joke about Crimea ... Maybe you can just give Voronezh away, too. and then join, no? - Ruslan Beluy said.

What is known

• In Russia, Ruslan Bely is known as a showman and comedian, a former member of the KVN team "Seventh Heaven", a regular participant in many humorous TV and YouTube projects and a resident of the Comedy Club. He is the producer of the Russian TV channel TNT show "Stand Up", which he created.

• Russian stand-up comedian Ivan Abramov may be banned from entering Ukraine due to his illegal visit to the occupied Crimea in 2019.