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Belarus opens legal case against comedian Vyacheslav KomissarenkoCEFR A1
22 Aug 2024
Adapted from Daria Dergacheva, Global Voices • CC BY 3.0
Photo by Andrew Keymaster, Unsplash
Level A1 – BeginnerCEFR A1
2 min
73 words
- Vyacheslav Komissarenko is a Belarusian stand-up comedian.
- He often makes funny but sharp jokes about Lukashenka.
- Belarus opened special legal proceedings against Komissarenko.
- Komissarenko now lives abroad after leaving Belarus.
- He helped make the Chyk-Chyryk joke widely popular.
- Video shows him mocking Lukashenka's education and imagination.
- He said security services searched for his parents.
- Germany refused him a humanitarian visa previously.
- Later he obtained a talent visa to the United States.
Difficult words
- stand-up comedian — person who tells jokes to an audience
- legal proceeding — official court or legal action by governmentspecial legal proceedings
- abroad — in or to a foreign country
- visa — official permission to enter another countryhumanitarian visa, talent visa
- mock — to make fun of someone or somethingmocking
- security service — government group that protects public safetysecurity services
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Discussion questions
- Do you like stand-up comedy?
- Have you ever traveled or lived abroad?
- Would you move to another country to feel safe?
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