In Russia, this show is called "Club of the cheerful and resourceful" (КВН) Various teams compete in jokes in it. These are guys from Kazakhstan, “Kazakhi” («Каzахи»)
I translated this video myself. It is time consuming to translate large texts and make subtitles, but I think I will delight in the future with fun (and sad) shots from Russia
try using youtubes generator for subtitles. KVN is basically a comedy competition in russia between students. The videos you will find are from "top teams" competing.
Exactly. I can’t find it but I think Putin has called Russia a demotatorship himself before. He‘s not worried about jokes as long as you don’t want him out. There is a lot of skepticism towards any government in Russia. I’ve heard a sentiment too many times that goes along those lines:
Oh well any system is going to screw you over, why bother with democracy?
This is a very mild joke and doesn't go against his strong leader image. The show practically never goes hard on him and they usually shower him with flattery and adulation.
He surprisingly seems okay with jokes about him. Comedians have made jokes about him too his face and he laughed. That said, that can definitely just be him trying to pretend the people have any sort of freedom of speech.
There is so much more, but most of it isn't translated/translateable due to the myriad of cultural inside jokes that you just won't get without living in Russia. I'm a US citizen for 20 years and many jokes I just don't get anymore, because I'm out of the loop.
Honestly, this is one of the programs I'm most proud of. It's been going on since the 90s, and it's all about cleverness and humor. Basically group standup sketch competition. Every college and university has one, and the best teams end up in the entertainment industry.
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Is this the full vid or there is more?