
Slava Komissarenko, Stand Up - Filming "Let's Make a Show Together"
Stand-up comedy by Russian performer Slava Komissarenko with live filming of his new show project.
Slava Komissarenko (born Vyacheslav Komissarenko on 27 July 1985 in Minsk) is a Belarusian comedian and one of the pioneers of Russian-language stand-up, known as a longtime cast member of the Stand Up show on Russia's TNT channel and a Comedy Battle contestant. After the 2020 protests in Belarus he spoke out repeatedly against Alexander Lukashenko and had to leave the country; in December 2024 a Minsk court convicted him in absentia and sentenced him to six years in prison for insulting the president. He now lives in Prague, tours across Europe and posts his shows on his own YouTube channel.
In April 2026, he was filming a new joint show in Prague and continued a major European tour.
In April 2025, at the initiative of the Russian FSB, he was stripped of Russian citizenship and banned from entering Russia.
Belarusian authorities included him on the list of extremists at the beginning of 2025.
At the end of December 2024, a Minsk court sentenced him in absentia to six years in prison for insulting and defaming Lukashenko.
In August 2024, the Belarusian Investigative Committee initiated criminal proceedings against him in absentia.