Jacques Tilly’s carnival floats mocking Vladimir Putin have landed him before a Moscow court. As the trial drags on, the Dusseldorf-based satirist has denounced the charges as an assault on freedom of expression.
Tilly is not in Russia. The trial is held in his absence.
I wouldn’t be going to Russia any time soon, if I were him
or any other country that is friendly with russia and might be willing to extradite him to russia.