The organizers of the NFT auction specified that comedian Idrak Mirzalizade sold his canceled residence permit in Russia for ten ethers (Ethereum cryptocurrency, used as the main currency when buying NFT tokens; 28.4 thousand dollars or 2.18 million rubles) . This is reported by the Meduza publication* and the Mash telegram channel. p class=»SingleImage_caption__2bWvj»>
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“As one of the organizers of the performance clarified, the final bid was not 5, but 10 ethers (about 2.2 million rubles)”,
— said Mash. Earlier, the media published information that the final cost of a residence permit was 5 ethers (15 thousand dollars or 1.2 million rubles). The lot went to one of the spectators, who introduced himself as the Master.
“I have decided that I am selling my residence permit in the Russian Federation as an NFT. Anyone can buy it. I will put the price of 10 ethers — this is more than 40 thousand dollars. But you can offer any amount, even $50,” the comedian said earlier.
Mirzalizade also announced the sale of a residence permit in his new YouTube video, in which he also told how he was detained by the center’s employees “ E» after returning to Belarus, and how he served 10 days of administrative arrest in Russia.
In late August, the Ministry of Internal Affairs declared a stand-up comedian, a citizen of Belarus, Idrak Mirzalizade, «undesirable» for life in Russia after his joke on YouTube- show «Crackdowns» about a mattress soiled by Russians in a rented apartment. For this joke, the comedian served ten days of arrest under the article on inciting hatred or enmity (Article 20.3.1 of the Code of Administrative Offenses). The prosecutor's check found «signs of humiliation of a group of people identified on a national basis, as well as propaganda of its inferiority» in the words of the stand-up comedian. Later, the court suspended the decision of the Ministry of Internal Affairs until the court decision entered into force.