Russia: Putin satire as "extremist material" on prohibition list
by Ingo Beckendorf
A Russian central district court has forbidden a cartoon showing President Vladimir Putin as a drag queen. Together with 4,000 other pieces of content, the picture is now on a list of supposedly extremist material. This means further censorship on Russian platforms.
Illustration of Putin's face - NOT the one referred to in the article. (Photo: public domain)
The caricature, which portrays Putin as a rouged drag queen, was shared many times on the internet. The Russian Ministry of Justice publishes the list with "extremist material", on which the cartoon is described with the following features: "Putin, […] colored…
