OREANDA-NEWS  The Moscow Prosecutor's office has initiated criminal prosecution of comedian Alexander Dolgopolov, suspected of rehabilitating Nazism, the Moscow supervisory authority said on Thursday.

"The materials of the prosecutor's check against 31-year-old Alexander Dolgopolov have been sent to resolve the issue of criminal prosecution under Article 354.1 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (rehabilitation of Nazism)," the report says.

Earlier, in the process of monitoring, the metropolitan prosecutor's office discovered a recording of a performance by a comedian who had gone abroad.

As explained in the department, Dolgopolov, being outside the Russian Federation, no later than December 20, 2024, "publicly made a statement aimed at insulting the memory of the defenders of the Fatherland, humiliating the honor and dignity of veterans of the Great Patriotic War, as well as belittling the significance of their feat."

In this regard, the prosecutors raised the issue of initiating a criminal case against Dolgopolov.

A source familiar with the situation told Interfax that the issue would be resolved soon.