Nurlan Saburov

Comedian Nurlan Saburov found himself in the middle of a scandal for his refusal to speak publicly against the Russian military special operation in Ukraine. It all started with criticism on the network, but eventually it came to the cancellation of concerts. Spletnik understood the situation.

Nurlan Saburov has faced criticism from fans for not speaking publicly against a special military operation in Ukraine. Nurlan’s colleagues did the same in the program “What happened next”: after the start of the conflict in Ukraine, none of them began to comment on the situation. The artists network criticized the fact that the author of the project is Vyacheslav Dusmukhametov, the creative producer of TNT, a TV channel owned by Gazprom-Media, and declared its silence.

Nurlan Saburov, not responding to angry comments on social networks, did not refuse to tour the United States, scheduled for April, with the concert “Principles”, despite criticism and a tense political situation. The first performance took place on April 8 in Los Angeles, and several viewers immediately interrupted Saburov and asked why he did not speak publicly about the events in Ukraine. At first Nurlan Saburov tried to laugh at this, but later explained why he did not answer questions about the political situation: he said from the stage.

A similar situation was repeated at the next concert: in Seattle, the audience immediately told the artist that it would be the same as in Los Angeles. In addition, people came out with Ukrainian flags to protest near the building where Saburov was speaking and shouting “Shame”.

Also, information appeared on the network that due to their position against military special operations, the audience was not allowed to attend Saburov’s concerts.

– Wrote a resident of Los Angeles Daniil Tonkopi (owned by Meta, which is recognized as an extremist organization in the Russian Federation) on Facebook.

At the artist’s concert in San Francisco, Ukrainian artist Yulia Kosivchuk performed in a “bloody” dress symbolizing the death of civilians in Ukraine. Security took the activist out without shoes and clothes, and the comedian jokingly responded to the action:

The artist’s joke caused even greater resonance – the organizers canceled Saburov’s next concert in Chicago. As Ksenia Sobchak said on the telegraph channel, representatives of the Ukrainian diaspora intervened in the case.

Wrote.

Many of her colleagues, including stand-up artists, denounced the artist for her inappropriate statements on stage. – the comedian Denis Alien wrote on social networks.

Commented on Saburov’s statements and blogger Ilya Varlamov.

– Wrote a blogger on Instagram (belonging to Meta, which is recognized in the Russian Federation as an extremist organization). The blogger added that it is not worth fearing for the family of a Kazakh person.

Netizens said that everyone who opposed special operations had families, accusing Nurlan of being more afraid of losing high incomes in Russia.

Feminists also criticized the comedian for an inappropriate joke about menstruation. – User @leralytvyn wrote on Instagram (owned by Meta, which is recognized as an extremist organization in the Russian Federation).

After the incident with the joke, memes about Saburov also went viral on the network.

Even after the cancellation of the concerts, the comedian did not publicly express his opinion on military special operations in Ukraine and did not comment on the scandal.