Artemy Ostanin

Artemy Ostanin is a Russian stand-up comedian who performs in Russian and is also listed under the name Artyom Frolov. He was born in Voronezh in 1996.

His stand-up material became the basis of a criminal case against him. On 4 February 2026 a Moscow court found him guilty of inciting hatred over jokes from his act and sentenced him to five years and nine months in a penal colony, along with a fine. International media covered the verdict, and human rights groups condemned it as an example of laws being used to silence humour.