“In a set performed in Kazakhstan he joked about the Russian language, Russians themselves and about how he loved Ukrainians and Belarusians, because 'you can slag off Russians' with them.”

Torn on this one, jailing stand-up comedians generally seems like a virtuous initiative.

When comedians can’t joke, world becomes darker. On the other side, there are no more funny sharp comedians left in the US as well, as everyone smart got cancelled twice.

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I mean, this case is an example of suppressing dissent rather than cancel culture; but yeah, whenever I'm shown stand-up comedy these days it usually seems devoid of any wit.

This is one of my favourites jokes, but surprisingly it's not always the best icebreaker

ah soviet jokes are the absolute best for icebreakers...

Yeah... 
The most acute jokes are either about race/stereotypes or politics. Both have led to cancellations ¯\ _(ツ)_/¯